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2017 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

138 S. Ct. 1461 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 2805

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
16-476
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 1461
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 2805

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Clarence ThomasRegular concurrence
Stephen BreyerSpecial concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent

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