2006 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Timothy Sorrell
549 U.S. 158 · 127 S. Ct. 799 · 2007 U.S. LEXIS 1006
The record
- Term
- 2006
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 05-746
- U.S. Reports
- 549 U.S. 158
- S. Ct. citation
- 127 S. Ct. 799
- LEXIS citation
- 2007 U.S. LEXIS 1006
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| David Souter | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Special concurrence |
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