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2019 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Chiafalo v. Washington

140 S. Ct. 2316 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3543

The record

Term
2019
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
19-465
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
140 S. Ct. 2316
LEXIS citation
2020 U.S. LEXIS 3543

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Chiafalo v. Washington.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence
Neil GorsuchSpecial concurrence

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