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2011 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Daniel Coleman, Petitioner v. Court of Appeals of Maryland et al.

566 U.S. 30 · 132 S. Ct. 1327 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2315

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
10-1016
U.S. Reports
566 U.S. 30
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 1327
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 2315

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Daniel Coleman, Petitioner v. Court of Appeals of Maryland et al.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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