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2001 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Akos Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.

534 U.S. 506 · 122 S. Ct. 992 · 2002 U.S. LEXIS 1374

The record

Term
2001
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
00-1853
U.S. Reports
534 U.S. 506
S. Ct. citation
122 S. Ct. 992
LEXIS citation
2002 U.S. LEXIS 1374

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Akos Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority

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