Majority:
ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which SCALIA, KENNEDY, THOMAS, GINSBURG, and ALITO, JJ., joined...
Held: Because the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision in this case was not unreasonable under AEDPA, the Sixth Circuit erred in granting Lett habeas relief.
Minority:
STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOTOMAYOR, J., joined, and in which BREYER, J., joined as to Parts I and II. "In this case, Reginald Lett’s constitutional rights were violated when the trial court terminated his first trial without adequate justification and he was subsequently prosecuted for the same offense. The majority does not appear to dispute this point, but it nevertheless denies Lett relief by applying a level of deference to the state court’s ruling that effectively effaces the role of the federal courts. Nothing one will find in the United States Code or the United States Reports requires us to turn a blind eye to this manifestly unlawful conviction. I respectfully dissent."
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/09-338.pdf