2006 term · Roberts Court · 7-0
BP America Production Company, Successor in Interest to AMOCO Production Company, et al. v. Rejane Burton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, et al.
549 U.S. 84 · 127 S. Ct. 638 · 2006 U.S. LEXIS 9586
The record
- Term
- 2006
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 05-669
- U.S. Reports
- 549 U.S. 84
- S. Ct. citation
- 127 S. Ct. 638
- LEXIS citation
- 2006 U.S. LEXIS 9586
How the bench divided
MMMMMMM??
M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Unknown |
| John G. Roberts | Unknown |
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