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2008 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Keith Haywood v. Curtis Drown, et al.

556 U.S. 729 · 129 S. Ct. 2108 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3807

The record

Term
2008
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
07-10374
U.S. Reports
556 U.S. 729
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 2108
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 3807

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Keith Haywood v. Curtis Drown, et al.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
John G. RobertsDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent

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