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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of Montana v. James H. Armstrong et al.

520 U.S. 968 · 117 S. Ct. 1865 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3687

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
96-1104
U.S. Reports
520 U.S. 968
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 1865
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 3687

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of Montana v. James H. Armstrong et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgJurisdictional dissent
Stephen BreyerJurisdictional dissent

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