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2017 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Carpenter v. United States

138 S. Ct. 2206 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3844

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
16-402
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 2206
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3844

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Carpenter v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Anthony KennedyDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent

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