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2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-3

Stolt-Nielsen S. A., et al. v. Animalfeeds International Corp.

559 U.S. 662 · 130 S. Ct. 1758 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3672

The record

Term
2009
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
08-1198
U.S. Reports
559 U.S. 662
S. Ct. citation
130 S. Ct. 1758
LEXIS citation
2010 U.S. LEXIS 3672

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Stolt-Nielsen S. A., et al. v. Animalfeeds International Corp.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorUnknown

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