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1999 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

James Michael Flippo v. West Virginia

528 U.S. 11 · 120 S. Ct. 7 · 1999 U.S. LEXIS 6924

The record

Term
1999
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
98-8770
U.S. Reports
528 U.S. 11
S. Ct. citation
120 S. Ct. 7
LEXIS citation
1999 U.S. LEXIS 6924

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in James Michael Flippo v. West Virginia.
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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