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2018 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

McDonough v. Smith

139 S. Ct. 2149 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4180

The record

Term
2018
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
18-485
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
139 S. Ct. 2149
LEXIS citation
2019 U.S. LEXIS 4180

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in McDonough v. Smith.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Clarence ThomasJurisdictional dissent
Elena KaganJurisdictional dissent
Neil GorsuchJurisdictional dissent

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