2001 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., et al.
535 U.S. 425 · 122 S. Ct. 1728 · 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3424
The record
- Term
- 2001
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 00-799
- U.S. Reports
- 535 U.S. 425
- S. Ct. citation
- 122 S. Ct. 1728
- LEXIS citation
- 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3424
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Judgment of the Court |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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