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2012 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

United States v. Windsor

570 U.S. 744 · 133 S. Ct. 2675 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4921

The record

Term
2012
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
12-307
U.S. Reports
570 U.S. 744
S. Ct. citation
133 S. Ct. 2675
LEXIS citation
2013 U.S. LEXIS 4921

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Windsor.
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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