2008 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Pleasant Grove City, Utah et al. v. Summum
555 U.S. 460 · 129 S. Ct. 1125 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1636
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 07-665
- U.S. Reports
- 555 U.S. 460
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 1125
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1636
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCCC
M 3 majorityC 6 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| David Souter | Special concurrence |
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