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2016 term · Roberts Court · 8-1

BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell

137 S. Ct. 1549 · 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3395

The record

Term
2016
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
16-405
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
137 S. Ct. 1549
LEXIS citation
2017 U.S. LEXIS 3395

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Sonia SotomayorDissent

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