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2016 term · Roberts Court · 4-2

Ziglar v. Abbasi

137 S. Ct. 1843 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3874

The record

Term
2016
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
15-1358
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
137 S. Ct. 1843
LEXIS citation
2017 U.S. LEXIS 3874

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 3 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Ziglar v. Abbasi.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Clarence ThomasRegular concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorUnknown
Elena KaganUnknown
Neil GorsuchUnknown

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