1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Incorporated, et al.
523 U.S. 75 · 118 S. Ct. 998 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 1599
The record
- Term
- 1997
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 96-568
- U.S. Reports
- 523 U.S. 75
- S. Ct. citation
- 118 S. Ct. 998
- LEXIS citation
- 1998 U.S. LEXIS 1599
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
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