Henry W. Skinner, Petitioner v. Lynn Switzer, District Attorney for the 31st Judicial District of Texas
Decided March 7, 2011. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 09-9000 · 562 U.S. 521 (2011)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- Elena Kagan
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
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