1999 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Guy Mitchell, et al. v. Mary L. Helms, et al.
530 U.S. 793 · 120 S. Ct. 2530 · 2000 U.S. LEXIS 4485
The record
- Term
- 1999
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 98-1648
- U.S. Reports
- 530 U.S. 793
- S. Ct. citation
- 120 S. Ct. 2530
- LEXIS citation
- 2000 U.S. LEXIS 4485
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Judgment of the Court |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
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