2006 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Deborah Morse, et al. v. Joseph Frederick
551 U.S. 393 · 127 S. Ct. 2618 · 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8514
The record
- Term
- 2006
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 06-278
- U.S. Reports
- 551 U.S. 393
- S. Ct. citation
- 127 S. Ct. 2618
- LEXIS citation
- 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8514
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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