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2016 term · Roberts Court · 5-3

Hernandez v. Mesa

137 S. Ct. 2003 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 4059

The record

Term
2016
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
15-118
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
137 S. Ct. 2003
LEXIS citation
2017 U.S. LEXIS 4059

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hernandez v. Mesa.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Clarence ThomasDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Neil GorsuchUnknown

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