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1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Dickey v. Florida

398 U.S. 30 · 90 S. Ct. 1564 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 38

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
728
U.S. Reports
398 U.S. 30
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 1564
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 38

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Dickey v. Florida.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
John M. Harlan IIRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence

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