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2019 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Barton v. Barr

140 S. Ct. 1442 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 2409

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
18-725
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 1442
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 2409

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Barton v. Barr.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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