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2019 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

140 S. Ct. 1891 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3254

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
18-587
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 1891
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 3254

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Sonia SotomayorSpecial concurrence
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent
Brett KavanaughDissent

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