2005 term · Roberts Court · 6-2
Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald Banks, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
548 U.S. 521 · 126 S. Ct. 2572 · 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5176
The record
- Term
- 2005
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 04-1739
- U.S. Reports
- 548 U.S. 521
- S. Ct. citation
- 126 S. Ct. 2572
- LEXIS citation
- 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5176
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDD?
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Judgment of the Court |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Unknown |
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