2015 term · Roberts Court · 7-1
Birchfield v. North Dakota
579 U.S. 438 · 136 S. Ct. 2160 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4058
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
- 14-1468
- U.S. Reports
- 579 U.S. 438
- S. Ct. citation
- 136 S. Ct. 2160
- LEXIS citation
- 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4058
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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