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2020 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

141 S. Ct. 2434 · 2021 U.S. LEXIS 3400

The record

Term
2020
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
20-543
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
141 S. Ct. 2434
LEXIS citation
2021 U.S. LEXIS 3400

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Amy Coney BarrettMajority
Clarence ThomasDissent
Elena KaganDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent

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