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2011 term · Roberts Court · 8-1

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

567 U.S. 209 · 132 S. Ct. 2199 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4659

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
11-246
U.S. Reports
567 U.S. 209
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 2199
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 4659

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Sonia SotomayorDissent

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