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2002 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim

538 U.S. 510 · 123 S. Ct. 1708 · 2003 U.S. LEXIS 3428

The record

Term
2002
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
01-1491
U.S. Reports
538 U.S. 510
S. Ct. citation
123 S. Ct. 1708
LEXIS citation
2003 U.S. LEXIS 3428

How the bench divided

M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
Antonin ScaliaRegular concurrence
Anthony KennedyRegular concurrence
Clarence ThomasRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
David SouterDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent

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