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2019 term · Roberts Court · 7-2

U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association

140 S. Ct. 1837 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3251

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
18-1584
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 1837
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 3251

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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