1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Leonard Rollon Crawford-El v. Patricia Britton
523 U.S. 574 · 118 S. Ct. 1584 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 2966
The record
- Term
- 1997
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 96-827
- U.S. Reports
- 523 U.S. 574
- S. Ct. citation
- 118 S. Ct. 1584
- LEXIS citation
- 1998 U.S. LEXIS 2966
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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