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2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Brian Russell Dolan v. United States

560 U.S. 605 · 130 S. Ct. 2533 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4762

The record

Term
2009
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
09-367
U.S. Reports
560 U.S. 605
S. Ct. citation
130 S. Ct. 2533
LEXIS citation
2010 U.S. LEXIS 4762

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Brian Russell Dolan v. United States.
JusticeVote
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
John G. RobertsDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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