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2015 term · Roberts Court · 8-1

Kansas v. Carr

577 U.S. 108 · 136 S. Ct. 633 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 845

The record

Term
2015
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
14-449
U.S. Reports
577 U.S. 108
S. Ct. citation
136 S. Ct. 633
LEXIS citation
2016 U.S. LEXIS 845

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kansas v. Carr.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Sonia SotomayorDissent

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