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2009 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District, et al. v. United States ex rel. Karen T. Wilson

559 U.S. 280 · 130 S. Ct. 1396 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 2927

The record

Term
2009
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
08-304
U.S. Reports
559 U.S. 280
S. Ct. citation
130 S. Ct. 1396
LEXIS citation
2010 U.S. LEXIS 2927

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District, et al. v. United States ex rel. Karen T. Wilson.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent

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