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2017 term · Roberts Court · 4-4

Washington v. United States

138 S. Ct. 1832 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3501

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
17-269
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 1832
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3501

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Washington v. United States.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsNo participation
Clarence ThomasNo participation
Ruth Bader GinsburgNo participation
Stephen BreyerNo participation
Samuel AlitoNo participation
Sonia SotomayorNo participation
Elena KaganNo participation
Neil GorsuchNo participation
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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