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2017 term · Roberts Court · 8-1

Pereira v. Sessions, Att'Y Gen.

138 S. Ct. 2105 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3838

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-459
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 2105
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3838

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pereira v. Sessions, Att'Y Gen.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Anthony KennedyRegular concurrence
Samuel AlitoDissent

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