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2011 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Luis Mariano Martinez, Petitioner v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections

566 U.S. 1 · 132 S. Ct. 1309 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2317

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
10-1001
U.S. Reports
566 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 1309
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 2317

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Luis Mariano Martinez, Petitioner v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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