2016 term · Roberts Court · 8-0
Packingham v. North Carolina
137 S. Ct. 1730 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3871
The record
- Term
- 2016
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 15-1194
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 137 S. Ct. 1730
- LEXIS citation
- 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3871
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Special concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Special concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Unknown |
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