2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Jose Francisco Sosa v. Humberto Alvarez-Machain et al.
542 U.S. 692 · 124 S. Ct. 2739 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4763
The record
- Term
- 2003
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 03-339
- U.S. Reports
- 542 U.S. 692
- S. Ct. citation
- 124 S. Ct. 2739
- LEXIS citation
- 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4763
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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