2002 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Georgia v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al.
539 U.S. 461 · 123 S. Ct. 2498 · 2003 U.S. LEXIS 5012
The record
- Term
- 2002
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 02-182
- U.S. Reports
- 539 U.S. 461
- S. Ct. citation
- 123 S. Ct. 2498
- LEXIS citation
- 2003 U.S. LEXIS 5012
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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