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2008 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Doug Waddington, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center v. Cesar Sarausad

555 U.S. 179 · 129 S. Ct. 823 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 867

The record

Term
2008
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
07-772
U.S. Reports
555 U.S. 179
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 823
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 867

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Doug Waddington, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center v. Cesar Sarausad.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
David SouterDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent

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