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2011 term · Roberts Court · 8-0

Virgil D. 'Gus' Reichle, Jr., et al., Petitioners v. Steven Howards

566 U.S. 658 · 132 S. Ct. 2088 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4132

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
11-262
U.S. Reports
566 U.S. 658
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 2088
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 4132

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Virgil D. 'Gus' Reichle, Jr., et al., Petitioners v. Steven Howards.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgSpecial concurrence
Stephen BreyerSpecial concurrence
Elena KaganUnknown

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