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1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Baldwin v. New York

399 U.S. 66 · 90 S. Ct. 1886 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 20

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
188
U.S. Reports
399 U.S. 66
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 1886
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 20

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Baldwin v. New York.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteJudgment of the Court
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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