Colonial American Life Insurance Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Decided June 15, 1989. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 88-396 · 491 U.S. 244 (1989)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- Byron Raymond White
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 3
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- John Paul Stevens · filed a dissenting opinion
- Sandra Day O'Connor
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