2013 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Tolan v. Cotton
572 U.S. 650 · 134 S. Ct. 1861 · 2014 U.S. LEXIS 3112
The record
- Term
- 2013
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 13-551
- U.S. Reports
- 572 U.S. 650
- S. Ct. citation
- 134 S. Ct. 1861
- LEXIS citation
- 2014 U.S. LEXIS 3112
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
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