2018 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Nielsen v. Preap
139 S. Ct. 954 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 2088
The record
- Term
- 2018
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 16-1363
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 139 S. Ct. 954
- LEXIS citation
- 2019 U.S. LEXIS 2088
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Regular concurrence |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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