Sentence examples for in divided cases from inspiring English sources

The study took into account the votes in divided cases on ideologically charged issues like criminal procedure, civil rights and the First Amendment.

Justice Kennedy was in the majority 83 percent of the time in divided cases, trailed by Chief Justice Roberts at 73 percent.

The Rehnquist court had trended left in its later years, issuing conservative rulings less than half the time in its last two years in divided cases, a phenomenon not seen since 1981.

Justice Kennedy, who more often joins the court's conservative wing in ideologically divided cases, was in this case in a coalition with the court's four more liberal members.

By the end of her almost quarter-century on the court, Justice O'Connor was without question the justice who controlled the result in ideologically divided cases.

Last term, the conservative majority suggested the answer is no in closely divided cases about job discrimination, misconduct by prosecutors, fraud by mutual funds and other topics.

The Supreme Court not only resolves disputes that implicate States' vital interests, it often does so in closely divided cases".

And Blackmun--who began his tenure voting with Burger over 87% of the time, in closely divided cases, and with Brennan just 13% of the time--eventually drifted leftward until he was siding with Brennan 70% of the time.

As in the past, the bloc of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony M. Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor dominated in the closely divided cases, prevailing in 14 of the 26.

It issued conservative rulings in 71 percent of divided cases, the highest rate in any year since the beginning of the Warren court in 1953.

In fact, Justices Thomas and Ginsburg agreed in 21 percent of the court's divided cases in the last term, tying for last place, according to Scotusblog.