2004 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Melvin T. Smith v. Massachusetts
543 U.S. 462 · 125 S. Ct. 1129 · 2005 U.S. LEXIS 1398
The record
- Term
- 2004
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 03-8661
- U.S. Reports
- 543 U.S. 462
- S. Ct. citation
- 125 S. Ct. 1129
- LEXIS citation
- 2005 U.S. LEXIS 1398
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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