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2009 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League et al.

560 U.S. 183 · 130 S. Ct. 2201 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4166

The record

Term
2009
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
08-661
U.S. Reports
560 U.S. 183
S. Ct. citation
130 S. Ct. 2201
LEXIS citation
2010 U.S. LEXIS 4166

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League et al.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority

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