2005 term · Roberts Court · 5-3
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
548 U.S. 557 · 126 S. Ct. 2749 · 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5185
The record
- Term
- 2005
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 05-184
- U.S. Reports
- 548 U.S. 557
- S. Ct. citation
- 126 S. Ct. 2749
- LEXIS citation
- 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5185
How the bench divided
MCCCCDDD?
M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| David Souter | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
| John G. Roberts | Unknown |
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