City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Mark J. Abrams (544 U.S. 113)

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Term: 2004
Decided: Mar 22, 2005
Issue area: Civil Rights
Vote split: 9-0
Winning party: Petitioner
Decision direction: Conservative
Chief Justice: Rehnquist Court
Disposition: Reversed and remanded
Docket: 03-1601
U.S. Reports: 544 U.S. 113
S. Ct. citation: 125 S. Ct. 1453
LEXIS citation: 2005 U.S. LEXIS 2754

How the bench divided

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How each justice voted in City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, et al. v. Mark J. Abrams.
Justice	Vote
William Rehnquist	Majority
Antonin Scalia	Majority
Anthony Kennedy	Majority
Clarence Thomas	Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor	Regular concurrence
David Souter	Regular concurrence
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Regular concurrence
Stephen Breyer	Regular concurrence
John Paul Stevens	Special concurrence

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