2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Billy Joe Magwood v. Tony Patterson, Warden, et al.
561 U.S. 320 · 130 S. Ct. 2788 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5258
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 09-158
- U.S. Reports
- 561 U.S. 320
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 2788
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5258
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Regular concurrence |
| John G. Roberts | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
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