2012 term · Roberts Court · 7-1
Abigail Noel Fisher, Petitioner v. University of Texas at Austin et al.
570 U.S. 297 · 133 S. Ct. 2411 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4701
The record
- Term
- 2012
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 11-345
- U.S. Reports
- 570 U.S. 297
- S. Ct. citation
- 133 S. Ct. 2411
- LEXIS citation
- 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4701
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCD?
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Unknown |
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