2009 term · Roberts Court · 7-2
United States v. Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., et al.
560 U.S. 126 · 130 S. Ct. 1949 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3879
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 08-1224
- U.S. Reports
- 560 U.S. 126
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 1949
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 3879
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCDD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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