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2008 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

F. Scott Yeager v. United States

557 U.S. 110 · 129 S. Ct. 2360 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 4538

The record

Term
2008
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
08-67
U.S. Reports
557 U.S. 110
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 2360
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 4538

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in F. Scott Yeager v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Anthony KennedySpecial concurrence
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent

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