2011 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
Curt Messerschmidt et al., Petitioners v. Brenda Millender, as Executor of the Estate of Augusta Millender, Deceased, et al.
565 U.S. 535 · 132 S. Ct. 1235 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 1687
The record
- Term
- 2011
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 10-704
- U.S. Reports
- 565 U.S. 535
- S. Ct. citation
- 132 S. Ct. 1235
- LEXIS citation
- 2012 U.S. LEXIS 1687
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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