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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Paul Schenck and Dwight Saunders v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York et al.

519 U.S. 357 · 117 S. Ct. 855 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1270

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
95-1065
U.S. Reports
519 U.S. 357
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 855
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 1270

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Paul Schenck and Dwight Saunders v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerSpecial concurrence
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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