The opinion was delivered in three parts. The vote was 5-4 for that opinion. Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan agreed with Parts I and II, but disagreed with Part III (8-1). Justice Sotomayor dissented, arguing apparently that the government can do whatever the hell they want, whenever they want.
One of the 5-4 parts was about whether SCOTUS should even rule on it. 4 justices wantd to send the case back to the appeals court to reconsider their previous decision, instead of overturning it. IANAL but I don’t really see the point in that. This is a binary choice, either the government can steal your stuff or it can’t. And of course it shouldn’t. That this is even a question shows how far we have fallen. Though I can see why some of the justices would not want the court to rule on this case because then it becomes final and will be argued in other cases across the land. So those justices who voted to send the case back rather than overturn it clearly harbor some degree of totalitarian tendencies where they think the government can grab your stuff ‘for the common good’. Though this is so cut and dry, I am really surprised it wasn’t 9-0. Well not really surprised but you know what I mean. I will have to read Sotormayer’s dissent... what the H is she thinking? Sheesh.