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2016 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

McWilliams v. Dunn

137 S. Ct. 1790 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3876

The record

Term
2016
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
16-5294
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
137 S. Ct. 1790
LEXIS citation
2017 U.S. LEXIS 3876

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in McWilliams v. Dunn.
JusticeVote
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
John G. RobertsDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent

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