2013 term · Roberts Court · 6-2
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
572 U.S. 291 · 134 S. Ct. 1623 · 2014 U.S. LEXIS 2932
The record
- Term
- 2013
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 12-682
- U.S. Reports
- 572 U.S. 291
- S. Ct. citation
- 134 S. Ct. 1623
- LEXIS citation
- 2014 U.S. LEXIS 2932
How the bench divided
MMCCCCDD?
M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Judgment of the Court |
| John G. Roberts | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Unknown |
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