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2008 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa v. United States

556 U.S. 646 · 129 S. Ct. 1886 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3305

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
08-108
U.S. Reports
556 U.S. 646
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 1886
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 3305

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence
Samuel AlitoSpecial concurrence

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