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DC Al Fine
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« on: February 04, 2017, 11:00:53 AM »

In the Gorsuch thread, someone mentioned Hollingsworth v. Perry, a gay rights case, where both Scalia and Sotomayor voted the opposite of what one would normally expect.  Typically one would expect 5-4 ruling to go "Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito" v "Ginsburg, Kagan, Breyer, Sotomayor" with Kennedy the swing vote. Likewise, a 6-3 or 7-2 case would have the most conservative/liberal justices opposing everyone else.

What are some good example of Supreme Court cases, where the opinions don't fall along 'partisan' lines?
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