2019 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
140 S. Ct. 2246 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3518
The record
- Term
- 2019
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 18-1195
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 140 S. Ct. 2246
- LEXIS citation
- 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3518
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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