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2012 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Carlos Trevino, Petitioner v. Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

569 U.S. 413 · 133 S. Ct. 1911 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 3980

The record

Term
2012
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
11-10189
U.S. Reports
569 U.S. 413
S. Ct. citation
133 S. Ct. 1911
LEXIS citation
2013 U.S. LEXIS 3980

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Carlos Trevino, Petitioner v. Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
JusticeVote
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
John G. RobertsDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent

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