2016 term · Roberts Court · 7-1
Nelson v. Colorado
137 S. Ct. 1249 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 2615
The record
- Term
- 2016
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 15-1256
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 137 S. Ct. 1249
- LEXIS citation
- 2017 U.S. LEXIS 2615
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCD?
M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Neil Gorsuch | Unknown |
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