1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2
United States v. Vernon Watts
519 U.S. 148 · 117 S. Ct. 633 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1
The record
- Term
- 1996
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 95-1906
- U.S. Reports
- 519 U.S. 148
- S. Ct. citation
- 117 S. Ct. 633
- LEXIS citation
- 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCDD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Jurisdictional dissent |
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