2014 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Obergefell v. Hodges
576 U.S. 644 · 135 S. Ct. 2584 · 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4250
The record
- Term
- 2014
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 14-556
- U.S. Reports
- 576 U.S. 644
- S. Ct. citation
- 135 S. Ct. 2584
- LEXIS citation
- 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4250
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
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