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2017 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Hughes v. United States

138 S. Ct. 1765 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3385

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-155
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 1765
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3385

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hughes v. United States.
JusticeVote
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Sonia SotomayorRegular concurrence
John G. RobertsDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent

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