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2000 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Wesley Aaron Shafer, Jr. v. South Carolina

532 U.S. 36 · 121 S. Ct. 1263 · 2001 U.S. LEXIS 2456

The record

Term
2000
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
00-5250
U.S. Reports
532 U.S. 36
S. Ct. citation
121 S. Ct. 1263
LEXIS citation
2001 U.S. LEXIS 2456

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Wesley Aaron Shafer, Jr. v. South Carolina.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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