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2018 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

BNSF Railway Company v. Loos

139 S. Ct. 893 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 1734

The record

Term
2018
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-1042
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
139 S. Ct. 893
LEXIS citation
2019 U.S. LEXIS 1734

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in BNSF Railway Company v. Loos.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Clarence ThomasDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent

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