2009 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project et al.
561 U.S. 1 · 130 S. Ct. 2705 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5252
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and remanded in part
- Docket
- 08-1498
- U.S. Reports
- 561 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 2705
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5252
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
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