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2021 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety

142 S. Ct. 2455 · 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3221

The record

Term
2021
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
20-603
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
142 S. Ct. 2455
LEXIS citation
2022 U.S. LEXIS 3221

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Elena KaganRegular concurrence
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent
Amy Coney BarrettDissent

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