2018 term · Roberts Court · 7-2
American Legion v. American Humanist Association
139 S. Ct. 2067 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4182
The record
- Term
- 2018
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 17-1717
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 139 S. Ct. 2067
- LEXIS citation
- 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4182
How the bench divided
MMCCCCCDD
M 2 majorityC 5 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Regular concurrence |
| Elena Kagan | Regular concurrence |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
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