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2008 term · Roberts Court · 8-1

Safford Unified School District #1, et al.v. April Redding

557 U.S. 364 · 129 S. Ct. 2633 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 4735

The record

Term
2008
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
08-479
U.S. Reports
557 U.S. 364
S. Ct. citation
129 S. Ct. 2633
LEXIS citation
2009 U.S. LEXIS 4735

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Safford Unified School District #1, et al.v. April Redding.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgSpecial concurrence
Clarence ThomasDissent

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