2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board et al.
561 U.S. 477 · 130 S. Ct. 3138 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5524
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- Miscellaneous
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and remanded in part
- Docket
- 08-861
- U.S. Reports
- 561 U.S. 477
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 3138
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5524
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
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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