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2011 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

First American Financial Corporation, Successor in Interest to the First American Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Denise P. Edwards

567 U.S. 756 · 132 S. Ct. 2536 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4875

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
10-708
U.S. Reports
567 U.S. 756
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 2536
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 4875

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in First American Financial Corporation, Successor in Interest to the First American Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Denise P. Edwards.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority

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