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2010 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Keith Smith, et al., Petitioners v. Bayer Corporation

564 U.S. 299 · 131 S. Ct. 2368 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4559

The record

Term
2010
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
09-1205
U.S. Reports
564 U.S. 299
S. Ct. citation
131 S. Ct. 2368
LEXIS citation
2011 U.S. LEXIS 4559

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Keith Smith, et al., Petitioners v. Bayer Corporation.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority

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