2016 term · Roberts Court · 8-0
Matal v. Tam
137 S. Ct. 1744 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3872
The record
- Term
- 2016
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 15-1293
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 137 S. Ct. 1744
- LEXIS citation
- 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3872
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCC?
M 3 majorityC 5 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Special concurrence |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Special concurrence |
| Elena Kagan | Special concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Unknown |
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