2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Mary Berghuis, Warden v. Van Chester Thompkins
560 U.S. 370 · 130 S. Ct. 2250 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4379
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 08-1470
- U.S. Reports
- 560 U.S. 370
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 2250
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4379
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
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