2024 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Williams v. Reed
604 U.S. 168
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
- —
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- —
- Docket
- 23-191
- U.S. Reports
- 604 U.S. 168
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Brett Kavanaugh
Holding
Where a state court’s application of a state exhaustion requirement in effect immunizes state officials from 42 U. S. C. §1983 claims challenging delays in the administrative process, state courts may not deny those claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds.
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
| Neil Gorsuch | Dissent |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Dissent |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 23-191Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.