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2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Robert James Tennard v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

542 U.S. 274 · 124 S. Ct. 2562 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4575

The record

Term
2003
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
02-10038
U.S. Reports
542 U.S. 274
S. Ct. citation
124 S. Ct. 2562
LEXIS citation
2004 U.S. LEXIS 4575

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Robert James Tennard v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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