2015 term · Roberts Court · 4-3
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
579 U.S. 365 · 136 S. Ct. 2198 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4059
The record
- Term
- 2015
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 4-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 14-981
- U.S. Reports
- 579 U.S. 365
- S. Ct. citation
- 136 S. Ct. 2198
- LEXIS citation
- 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4059
How the bench divided
MMMMDDD?
M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Unknown |
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