2012 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
570 U.S. 637 · 133 S. Ct. 2552 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4916
The record
- Term
- 2012
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 12-399
- U.S. Reports
- 570 U.S. 637
- S. Ct. citation
- 133 S. Ct. 2552
- LEXIS citation
- 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4916
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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