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2021 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

Nance v. Ward

142 S. Ct. 2214 · 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3054

The record

Term
2021
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
21-439
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
142 S. Ct. 2214
LEXIS citation
2022 U.S. LEXIS 3054

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Nance v. Ward.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Clarence ThomasDissent
Samuel AlitoDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent
Amy Coney BarrettDissent

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