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2000 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

John Paul Penry v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

532 U.S. 782 · 121 S. Ct. 1910 · 2001 U.S. LEXIS 4309

The record

Term
2000
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
00-6677
U.S. Reports
532 U.S. 782
S. Ct. citation
121 S. Ct. 1910
LEXIS citation
2001 U.S. LEXIS 4309

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in John Paul Penry v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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