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2012 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

PPL Corporation and Subsidiaries, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

569 U.S. 329 · 133 S. Ct. 1897 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 3979

The record

Term
2012
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
12-43
U.S. Reports
569 U.S. 329
S. Ct. citation
133 S. Ct. 1897
LEXIS citation
2013 U.S. LEXIS 3979

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in PPL Corporation and Subsidiaries, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Sonia SotomayorRegular concurrence

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