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2019 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Ramos v. Louisiana

140 S. Ct. 1390 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 2407

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
18-5924
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 1390
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 2407

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ramos v. Louisiana.
JusticeVote
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Neil GorsuchJudgment of the Court
Sonia SotomayorRegular concurrence
Brett KavanaughRegular concurrence
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence
John G. RobertsDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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