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2016 term · Roberts Court · 8-0

Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions

137 S. Ct. 1562 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3551

The record

Term
2016
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
16-54
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
137 S. Ct. 1562
LEXIS citation
2017 U.S. LEXIS 3551

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchUnknown

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