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2009 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Pottawattamie County, Iowa, et al., Petitioners v. Curtis W. McGhee, Jr., et al.

558 U.S. 1103 · 130 S. Ct. 1047 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
2009
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
08-1065
U.S. Reports
558 U.S. 1103
S. Ct. citation
130 S. Ct. 1047
LEXIS citation
2010 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, et al., Petitioners v. Curtis W. McGhee, Jr., et al.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority

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