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2019 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia

140 S. Ct. 1731 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3252

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
17-1618
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 1731
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 3252

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Brett KavanaughDissent

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