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2018 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

Flowers v. Mississippi

139 S. Ct. 2228 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4196

The record

Term
2018
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-9572
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
139 S. Ct. 2228
LEXIS citation
2019 U.S. LEXIS 4196

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Flowers v. Mississippi.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Samuel AlitoRegular concurrence
Clarence ThomasDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent

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