2008 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Vicky S. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
555 U.S. 271 · 129 S. Ct. 846 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 870
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 06-1595
- U.S. Reports
- 555 U.S. 271
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 846
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 870
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
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