2011 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
United States, Petitioner v. Xavier Alvarez
567 U.S. 709 · 132 S. Ct. 2537 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4879
The record
- Term
- 2011
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 11-210
- U.S. Reports
- 567 U.S. 709
- S. Ct. citation
- 132 S. Ct. 2537
- LEXIS citation
- 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4879
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Judgment of the Court |
| Stephen Breyer | Special concurrence |
| Elena Kagan | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
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