2008 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Frank Ricci, et al. v. John Destefano et al.
557 U.S. 557 · 129 S. Ct. 2658 · 2009 U.S. LEXIS 4945
The record
- Term
- 2008
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 07-1428
- U.S. Reports
- 557 U.S. 557
- S. Ct. citation
- 129 S. Ct. 2658
- LEXIS citation
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 4945
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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