2015 term · Roberts Court · 7-1
Foster v. Chatman
578 U.S. 488 · 136 S. Ct. 1737 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 3486
The record
- Term
- 2015
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 14-8349
- U.S. Reports
- 578 U.S. 488
- S. Ct. citation
- 136 S. Ct. 1737
- LEXIS citation
- 2016 U.S. LEXIS 3486
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCD
M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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