2008 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Steven Spears v. United States
555 U.S. 261 · 129 S. Ct. 840 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 864
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 08-5721
- U.S. Reports
- 555 U.S. 261
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 840
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 864
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Jurisdictional dissent |
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