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2007 term · Roberts Court · 4-4

Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. Tom F., on Behalf of Gilbert F., a Minor Child

552 U.S. 1 · 128 S. Ct. 1 · 2007 U.S. LEXIS 11481

The record

Term
2007
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
06-637
U.S. Reports
552 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
128 S. Ct. 1
LEXIS citation
2007 U.S. LEXIS 11481

How the bench divided

– 8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. Tom F., on Behalf of Gilbert F., a Minor Child.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Antonin ScaliaNo participation
David SouterNo participation
Clarence ThomasNo participation
Ruth Bader GinsburgNo participation
Stephen BreyerNo participation
Samuel AlitoNo participation
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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