In The

Supreme Court of the United States

THOMPSON

v.

THOMPSON

Decided January 12, 1988


Justice O’Connor, Concurring

CASE DETAILS
Topic: Judicial Power*Court vote: 8–0
Note: No other Justices joined this opinion.
Citation: 484 U.S. 174 Docket: 86–964Audio: Listen to this case's oral arguments at Oyez

* As categorized by the Washington University Law Supreme Court Database

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Opinion

JUSTICE O'CONNOR, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

For the reasons expressed by JUSTICE SCALIA in Part I of his opinion in this case, I join all but the first full paragraph of Part II of the Court's opinion and judgment.

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