1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Gary Edwards and Tana Wood v. Jerry B. Balisok
520 U.S. 641 · 117 S. Ct. 1584 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3075
The record
- Term
- 1996
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 95-1352
- U.S. Reports
- 520 U.S. 641
- S. Ct. citation
- 117 S. Ct. 1584
- LEXIS citation
- 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3075
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCC
M 6 majorityC 3 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| David Souter | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
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