In The
Supreme Court of the United States

Thompsonv.Thompson

Decided January 12, 1988
Justice O’Connor, Concurrence

CASE DETAILS

Topic: Judicial Power
Court vote: 8-0

Note: No other Justices joined this opinion.

Citation: 484 U.S. 174
Docket: 86-964
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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.