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1998 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

UNUM Life Insurance Company of America v. John E. Ward

526 U.S. 358 · 119 S. Ct. 1380 · 1999 U.S. LEXIS 2839

The record

Term
1998
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
97-1868
U.S. Reports
526 U.S. 358
S. Ct. citation
119 S. Ct. 1380
LEXIS citation
1999 U.S. LEXIS 2839

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in UNUM Life Insurance Company of America v. John E. Ward.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority

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