2010 term · Roberts Court · 7-2
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Petitioners v. Entertainment Merchants Association, et al.
564 U.S. 786 · 131 S. Ct. 2729 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4802
The record
- Term
- 2010
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 08-1448
- U.S. Reports
- 564 U.S. 786
- S. Ct. citation
- 131 S. Ct. 2729
- LEXIS citation
- 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4802
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCDD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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