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2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

United States v. Carlos Dominguez Benitez

542 U.S. 74 · 124 S. Ct. 2333 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4177

The record

Term
2003
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
03-167
U.S. Reports
542 U.S. 74
S. Ct. citation
124 S. Ct. 2333
LEXIS citation
2004 U.S. LEXIS 4177

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. Carlos Dominguez Benitez.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence

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