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2017 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Murphy v. Smith

138 S. Ct. 784 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 1379

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
16-1067
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 784
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 1379

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Murphy v. Smith.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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