2010 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants v. Marciano Plata et al.
563 U.S. 493 · 131 S. Ct. 1910 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4012
The record
- Term
- 2010
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 09-1233
- U.S. Reports
- 563 U.S. 493
- S. Ct. citation
- 131 S. Ct. 1910
- LEXIS citation
- 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4012
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
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