2017 term · Roberts Court · 8-0
North Carolina v. Covington
138 S. Ct. 2548 · 2018 U.S. LEXIS 4044
The record
- Term
- 2017
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 17-1364
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 138 S. Ct. 2548
- LEXIS citation
- 2018 U.S. LEXIS 4044
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent from denial of cert |
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