2015 term · Roberts Court · 8-0
Nichols v. United States
578 U.S. 104 · 136 S. Ct. 1113 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 2276
The record
- Term
- 2015
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 15-5238
- U.S. Reports
- 578 U.S. 104
- S. Ct. citation
- 136 S. Ct. 1113
- LEXIS citation
- 2016 U.S. LEXIS 2276
How the bench divided
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M 8 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
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