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2011 term · Roberts Court · 5-3

Federal Aviation Administration, et al., Petitioners v. Stanmore Cawthon Cooper

566 U.S. 284 · 132 S. Ct. 1441 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2539

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
10-1024
U.S. Reports
566 U.S. 284
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 1441
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 2539

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Aviation Administration, et al., Petitioners v. Stanmore Cawthon Cooper.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganUnknown

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