2010 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Nevada Commission on Ethics, Petitioner v. Michael A. Carrigan
564 U.S. 117 · 131 S. Ct. 2343 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4379
The record
- Term
- 2010
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 10-568
- U.S. Reports
- 564 U.S. 117
- S. Ct. citation
- 131 S. Ct. 2343
- LEXIS citation
- 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4379
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
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