Justice · 1967–1990

Thurgood Marshall

Served the 1967 through 1990 terms, taking part in 3,881 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 60.2% of the time.

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1967–1990Terms

3,881Cases

60.2%With majority

968Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 60.2%

Dissent 24.9%

Concurrence 7.3%

Shares of 3,881 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which Thurgood Marshall cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Thurgood Marshall's vote in each.
Case	Term	Vote split	This justice
Virginia Bankshares, Inc., et al. v. Doris I. Sandberg, et al.	1990	5-4	Dissent
Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada	1990	5-4	Majority
Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan	1990	5-4	Dissent
Peretz v. United States	1990	5-4	Dissent
Thomas Freytag, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	1990	9-0	Majority
Pervis Tyrone Payne v. Tennessee	1990	6-3	Dissent
Eddie S. Ylst, Warden v. Owen Duane Nunnemaker	1990	6-3	Dissent
Edgar Blatchford, Commissioner, Department of Community and Regional Affairs of Alaska v. Native Village of Noatak and Circle Village	1990	6-3	Dissent
Roger Keith Coleman v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden	1990	6-3	Dissent
Harriet Pauley, Survivor of John C. Pauley v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc., et Al	1990	7-1	Majority
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., dba Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co., et al.	1990	5-4	Dissent
Edward Harold Schad, Jr. v. Arizona	1990	5-4	Dissent
Wisconsin Public Intervenor, et al. v. Ralph Mortier, et al.	1990	9-0	Majority
Michael Barnes, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Joseph County, Indiana, et al. v. Glen Theatre, Inc., et al.	1990	5-4	Dissent
James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia et al.	1990	6-3	Special concurrence
Jeffrey M. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Janet Malcolm	1990	7-2	Majority
Ellis Gregory, Jr. and Anthony P. Nugent, Jr., Judges v. John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri	1990	7-2	Dissent
Florida v. Bostick	1990	6-3	Dissent
Houston Lawyers' Association, et al. v. Attorney General of Texas, et al.	1990	6-3	Majority
Ronald Chisom, et al. v. Charles E. Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.	1990	6-3	Majority
Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. John Gilbertson, et al.	1990	5-4	Majority
Louise Renne, San Francisco City Attorney, et al. v. Bob Geary, et al.	1990	6-3	Dissent
Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter, et al.	1990	5-4	Dissent
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., et al.	1990	6-3	Dissent
States of Oklahoma and Texas v. State of New Mexico	1990	5-4	Majority

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