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2017 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Abbott v. Perez

138 S. Ct. 2305 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3846

The record

Term
2017
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-586
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
138 S. Ct. 2305
LEXIS citation
2018 U.S. LEXIS 3846

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Abbott v. Perez.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Clarence ThomasRegular concurrence
Neil GorsuchRegular concurrence
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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