2008 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Gary Bartlett, Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections et al. v. Dwight Strickland et al.
556 U.S. 1 · 129 S. Ct. 1231 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1842
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 07-689
- U.S. Reports
- 556 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 1231
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1842
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Judgment of the Court |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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