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2017 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Sessions v. Dimaya

138 S. Ct. 1204 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 2497

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
15-1498
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 1204
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 2497

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sessions v. Dimaya.
JusticeVote
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchSpecial concurrence
John G. RobertsDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent

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