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2007 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Richlin Security Service Company v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security

553 U.S. 571 · 128 S. Ct. 2007 · 2008 U.S. LEXIS 4522

The record

Term
2007
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
06-1717
U.S. Reports
553 U.S. 571
S. Ct. citation
128 S. Ct. 2007
LEXIS citation
2008 U.S. LEXIS 4522

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Richlin Security Service Company v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
John G. RobertsMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority

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