1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Ralph P. Forbes
523 U.S. 666 · 118 S. Ct. 1633 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 3102
The record
- Term
- 1997
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 96-779
- U.S. Reports
- 523 U.S. 666
- S. Ct. citation
- 118 S. Ct. 1633
- LEXIS citation
- 1998 U.S. LEXIS 3102
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
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