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2005 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Gil Garcetti, et al. v. Richard Ceballos

547 U.S. 410 · 126 S. Ct. 1951 · 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4341

The record

Term
2005
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
04-473
U.S. Reports
547 U.S. 410
S. Ct. citation
126 S. Ct. 1951
LEXIS citation
2006 U.S. LEXIS 4341

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gil Garcetti, et al. v. Richard Ceballos.
JusticeVote
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
John G. RobertsMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
David SouterDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent

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