2008 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Priscilla Summers et al. v. Earth Island Institute et al.
555 U.S. 488 · 129 S. Ct. 1142 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1769
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 07-463
- U.S. Reports
- 555 U.S. 488
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 1142
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1769
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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