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2001 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, et al. v. Lindsay Earls et al.

536 U.S. 822 · 122 S. Ct. 2559 · 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4882

The record

Term
2001
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
01-332
U.S. Reports
536 U.S. 822
S. Ct. citation
122 S. Ct. 2559
LEXIS citation
2002 U.S. LEXIS 4882

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, et al. v. Lindsay Earls et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
David SouterDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent