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Justice · 1975–2009

John Paul Stevens

Served the 1975 through 2009 terms, taking part in 4,268 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 59.7% of the time.

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1975–2009Terms
4,268Cases
59.7%With majority
1,054Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 59.7%
Dissent 24.7%
Concurrence 11.0%

Shares of 4,268 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which John Paul Stevens cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and John Paul Stevens's vote in each.
CaseTermVote splitThis justice
Weyhrauch v. United States 2009 9-0 Majority
Pottawattamie County, Iowa, et al., Petitioners v. Curtis W. McGhee, Jr., et al. 2009 9-0 Majority
Demarcus Ali Sears v. Stephen Upton, Warden 2009 5-4 Majority
Otis McDonald, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. 2009 5-4 Dissent
Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, aka Hastings Christian Fellowship v. Leo P. Martinez et al. 2009 5-4 Regular concurrence
Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. David J. Kappos, under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office 2009 9-0 Special concurrence
Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board et al. 2009 5-4 Dissent
Conrad M. Black, John A. Boultbee, and Mark S. Kipnis v. United States 2009 9-0 Majority
Jeffrey K. Skilling v. United States 2009 9-0 Special concurrence
Billy Joe Magwood v. Tony Patterson, Warden, et al. 2009 5-4 Regular concurrence
Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters et al. 2009 7-2 Dissent
Robert Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd. et al. 2009 8-0 Special concurrence
John Doe #1, et al. v. Sam Reed, Washington Secretary of State, et al. 2009 8-1 Regular concurrence
Monsanto Company, et al. v. Geertson Seed Farms et al. 2009 7-1 Dissent
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. et al. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. et al. 2009 6-3 Dissent
Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Antonio Jackson 2009 5-4 Dissent
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project et al. 2009 6-3 Majority
Percy Dillon v. United States 2009 7-1 Dissent
William G. Schwab v. Nadejda Reilly 2009 6-3 Majority
City of Ontario, California, et al. v. Jeff Quon et al. 2009 9-0 Regular concurrence
New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board 2009 5-4 Majority
Albert Holland v. Florida 2009 7-2 Majority
Brian Russell Dolan v. United States 2009 5-4 Dissent
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security v. Catherine G. Ratliff 2009 9-0 Regular concurrence
Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General 2009 9-0 Majority

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