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2010 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Plivia, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Gladys Mensing

564 U.S. 604 · 131 S. Ct. 2567 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4793

The record

Term
2010
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
09-993
U.S. Reports
564 U.S. 604
S. Ct. citation
131 S. Ct. 2567
LEXIS citation
2011 U.S. LEXIS 4793

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Plivia, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Gladys Mensing.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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