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2011 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez et al.

565 U.S. 388 · 132 S. Ct. 934 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 908

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
11-713
U.S. Reports
565 U.S. 388
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 934
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 908

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez et al.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence

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