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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al.

521 U.S. 457 · 117 S. Ct. 2130 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4036

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
95-1184
U.S. Reports
521 U.S. 457
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 2130
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 4036

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
David SouterDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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