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2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Shakur Muhammad, aka John E. Mease v. Mark Close

540 U.S. 749 · 124 S. Ct. 1303 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 1627

The record

Term
2003
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
02-9065
U.S. Reports
540 U.S. 749
S. Ct. citation
124 S. Ct. 1303
LEXIS citation
2004 U.S. LEXIS 1627

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Shakur Muhammad, aka John E. Mease v. Mark Close.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority