2016 term · Roberts Court · 7-2
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, Director, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
137 S. Ct. 2012 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 4061
The record
- Term
- 2016
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 15-577
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 137 S. Ct. 2012
- LEXIS citation
- 2017 U.S. LEXIS 4061
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCDD
M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Regular concurrence |
| Stephen Breyer | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
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