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2020 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Niz-Chavez v. Garland, Attorney General

141 S. Ct. 1474 · 2021 U.S. LEXIS 2232

The record

Term
2020
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
19-863
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
141 S. Ct. 1474
LEXIS citation
2021 U.S. LEXIS 2232

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Niz-Chavez v. Garland, Attorney General.
JusticeVote
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Amy Coney BarrettMajority
John G. RobertsDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Brett KavanaughDissent

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