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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Washington, et al. v. Harold Glucksberg et al.

521 U.S. 702 · 117 S. Ct. 2258 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4039

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
96-110
U.S. Reports
521 U.S. 702
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 2258
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 4039

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 5 concurring

How each justice voted in Washington, et al. v. Harold Glucksberg et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
David SouterSpecial concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgSpecial concurrence
Stephen BreyerSpecial concurrence