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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Guy E. Adams, et al. v. Charlie Frank Robertson and Liberty National Life Insurance Company

520 U.S. 83 · 117 S. Ct. 1028 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1490

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
95-1873
U.S. Reports
520 U.S. 83
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 1028
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 1490

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Guy E. Adams, et al. v. Charlie Frank Robertson and Liberty National Life Insurance Company.
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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