1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Kenneth Lee Baker and Steven Robert Baker, by His Next Friend, Melissa Thomas v. General Motors Corporation
522 U.S. 222 · 118 S. Ct. 657 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 455
The record
- Term
- 1997
- Decided
- Issue area
- Interstate Relations
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Unspecifiable
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 96-653
- U.S. Reports
- 522 U.S. 222
- S. Ct. citation
- 118 S. Ct. 657
- LEXIS citation
- 1998 U.S. LEXIS 455
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
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