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2010 term · Roberts Court · 7-1

United States, Petitioner v. Jicarilla Apache Nation

564 U.S. 162 · 131 S. Ct. 2313 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4381

The record

Term
2010
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
10-382
U.S. Reports
564 U.S. 162
S. Ct. citation
131 S. Ct. 2313
LEXIS citation
2011 U.S. LEXIS 4381

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States, Petitioner v. Jicarilla Apache Nation.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgSpecial concurrence
Stephen BreyerSpecial concurrence
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganUnknown

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