2009 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott v. Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott
560 U.S. 1 · 130 S. Ct. 1983 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3880
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 08-645
- U.S. Reports
- 560 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 1983
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3880
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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