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Justice · 1987–2017

Anthony Kennedy

Served the 1987 through 2017 terms, taking part in 2,883 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 80.7% of the time.

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1987–2017Terms
2,883Cases
80.7%With majority
230Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 80.7%
Dissent 8.0%
Concurrence 7.7%

Shares of 2,883 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which Anthony Kennedy cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Anthony Kennedy's vote in each.
CaseTermVote splitThis justice
Sexton v. Beaudreaux 2017 8-1 Majority
Sause v. Bauer 2017 9-0 Majority
North Carolina v. Covington 2017 8-0 Majority
Azar v. Garza 2017 9-0 Majority
Collins v. Virginia 2017 8-1 Majority
Trump, President of U.S. v. Hawaii 2017 5-4 Regular concurrence
Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. 2017 9-0 Majority
Abbott v. Perez 2017 5-4 Majority
Chavez-Meza v. United States 2017 5-3 Dissent
Pereira v. Sessions, Att'Y Gen. 2017 8-1 Regular concurrence
Lucia v. SEC 2017 7-2 Majority
Koons v. United States 2017 9-0 Majority
Hughes v. United States 2017 6-3 Majority
China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh 2017 9-0 Majority
United States v. Sanchez-Gomez 2017 9-0 Majority
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren 2017 7-2 Regular concurrence
Sveen v. Melin 2017 8-1 Majority
Lagos v. United States 2017 9-0 Majority
Lamar, Archer & Cofrin v. Appling 2017 9-0 Majority
South Dakota v. Wayfair 2017 5-4 Majority
Westerngeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp. 2017 7-2 Majority
Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States 2017 5-4 Majority
Kisela v. Hughes 2017 7-2 Majority
Montana v. Wyoming 2017 8-0 Majority
CNH Industrial NV v. Reese 2017 9-0 Majority

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