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2008 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Michael A. Knowles, Warden v. Alexandre Mirzayance

556 U.S. 111 · 129 S. Ct. 1411 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 2329

The record

Term
2008
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
07-1315
U.S. Reports
556 U.S. 111
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 1411
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 2329

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Michael A. Knowles, Warden v. Alexandre Mirzayance.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority

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