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2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Gary Locke, Governor of Washington, et al. v. Joshua Davey

540 U.S. 712 · 124 S. Ct. 1307 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 1626

The record

Term
2003
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
02-1315
U.S. Reports
540 U.S. 712
S. Ct. citation
124 S. Ct. 1307
LEXIS citation
2004 U.S. LEXIS 1626

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gary Locke, Governor of Washington, et al. v. Joshua Davey.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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