Skip to main content
Independent · not a government site

1999 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

California Democratic Party, et al. v. Bill Jones, Secretary of State of California, et al.

530 U.S. 567 · 120 S. Ct. 2402 · 2000 U.S. LEXIS 4303

The record

Term
1999
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
99-401
U.S. Reports
530 U.S. 567
S. Ct. citation
120 S. Ct. 2402
LEXIS citation
2000 U.S. LEXIS 4303

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in California Democratic Party, et al. v. Bill Jones, Secretary of State of California, et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Anthony KennedyRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent

Same issue area

Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.

Browse all Civil Rights decisions →