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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, et al. v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc., et al.

519 U.S. 1 · 117 S. Ct. 378 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 6557

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
95-1521
U.S. Reports
519 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 378
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 6557

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, et al. v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority

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