1998 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Benjamin Lee Lilly v. Virginia
527 U.S. 116 · 119 S. Ct. 1887 · 1999 U.S. LEXIS 4006
The record
- Term
- 1998
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 98-5881
- U.S. Reports
- 527 U.S. 116
- S. Ct. citation
- 119 S. Ct. 1887
- LEXIS citation
- 1999 U.S. LEXIS 4006
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCCC
M 3 majorityC 6 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
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