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2011 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Billy Joe Reynolds, Petitioner v. United States

565 U.S. 432 · 132 S. Ct. 975 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 911

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
10-6549
U.S. Reports
565 U.S. 432
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 975
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 911

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Billy Joe Reynolds, Petitioner v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent

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