1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1
National Endowment for the Arts, et al. v. Karen Finley, et al.
524 U.S. 569 · 118 S. Ct. 2168 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 4211
The record
- Term
- 1997
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 97-371
- U.S. Reports
- 524 U.S. 569
- S. Ct. citation
- 118 S. Ct. 2168
- LEXIS citation
- 1998 U.S. LEXIS 4211
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCD
M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| David Souter | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on First Amendment
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
Michael A. Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Ralph P. Forbes
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
Rachel Agostini, et al. v. Betty-Louise Felton et al.
Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al.
City of Boerne v. P. F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, and United States