2010 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Arizona Free Enterprise Club'S Freedom Club Pac, et al., Petitioners v. Ken Bennett, in His Official Capacity as Arizona Secretary of State, et al.
564 U.S. 721 · 131 S. Ct. 2806 · 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4992
The record
- Term
- 2010
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 10-238
- U.S. Reports
- 564 U.S. 721
- S. Ct. citation
- 131 S. Ct. 2806
- LEXIS citation
- 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4992
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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