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2015 term · Roberts Court · 4-4

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association

578 U.S. 1 · 136 S. Ct. 1083 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 2264

The record

Term
2015
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
14-915
U.S. Reports
578 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
136 S. Ct. 1083
LEXIS citation
2016 U.S. LEXIS 2264

How the bench divided

– 8 not participating

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsNo participation
Anthony KennedyNo participation
Clarence ThomasNo participation
Ruth Bader GinsburgNo participation
Stephen BreyerNo participation
Samuel AlitoNo participation
Sonia SotomayorNo participation
Elena KaganNo participation

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