2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Tennessee v. George Lane et al.
541 U.S. 509 · 124 S. Ct. 1978 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 3386
The record
- Term
- 2003
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 02-1667
- U.S. Reports
- 541 U.S. 509
- S. Ct. citation
- 124 S. Ct. 1978
- LEXIS citation
- 2004 U.S. LEXIS 3386
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| David Souter | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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