Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Petitioner v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., et al.
Decided June 6, 2011. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 09-1159 · 563 U.S. 776 (2011)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 6
- John Glover Roberts Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- Elena Kagan
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Concurring · 1
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a dissenting opinion
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