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2015 term · Roberts Court · 8-0

McDonnell v. United States

579 U.S. 550 · 136 S. Ct. 2355 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4062

The record

Term
2015
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
15-474
U.S. Reports
579 U.S. 550
S. Ct. citation
136 S. Ct. 2355
LEXIS citation
2016 U.S. LEXIS 4062

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in McDonnell v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority

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