2000 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Legal Services Corporation v. Carmen Velazquez, et al.
531 U.S. 533 · 121 S. Ct. 1043 · 2001 U.S. LEXIS 1954
The record
- Term
- 2000
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 99-603
- U.S. Reports
- 531 U.S. 533
- S. Ct. citation
- 121 S. Ct. 1043
- LEXIS citation
- 2001 U.S. LEXIS 1954
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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