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2017 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States

138 S. Ct. 2067 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3837

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-530
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 2067
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3837

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States.
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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