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2005 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Joan Wagnon, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

546 U.S. 95 · 126 S. Ct. 676 · 2005 U.S. LEXIS 9229

The record

Term
2005
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
04-631
U.S. Reports
546 U.S. 95
S. Ct. citation
126 S. Ct. 676
LEXIS citation
2005 U.S. LEXIS 9229

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Joan Wagnon, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent

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