Aldona Wos, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Petitioner v. E. M. a., a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Daniel H. Johnson, et al.
Decided March 20, 2013. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 12-98 · 568 U.S. 627 (2013)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 5
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring · 1
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- John Glover Roberts Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
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