2004 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Thomas van Orden v. Rick Perry, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas and Chairman, State Preservation Board, et al.
545 U.S. 677 · 125 S. Ct. 2854 · 2005 U.S. LEXIS 5215
The record
- Term
- 2004
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 03-1500
- U.S. Reports
- 545 U.S. 677
- S. Ct. citation
- 125 S. Ct. 2854
- LEXIS citation
- 2005 U.S. LEXIS 5215
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Judgment of the Court |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
Read the opinion
Same issue area
More on First Amendment
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky et al.
Mitch McConnell, United States Senator, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al.
John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General v. American Civil Liberties Union et al.
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Western States Medical Center et al.
City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., et al.
Susan Tave Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, et al. v. Doris Simmons-Harris et al.