1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
City of Boerne v. P. F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, and United States
521 U.S. 507 · 117 S. Ct. 2157 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4035
The record
- Term
- 1996
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 95-2074
- U.S. Reports
- 521 U.S. 507
- S. Ct. citation
- 117 S. Ct. 2157
- LEXIS citation
- 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4035
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| David Souter | Jurisdictional dissent |
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