1970 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Thompson v. United States
400 U.S. 17 · 91 S. Ct. 122 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 643
The record
- Term
- 1970
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 5272
- U.S. Reports
- 400 U.S. 17
- S. Ct. citation
- 91 S. Ct. 122
- LEXIS citation
- 1970 U.S. LEXIS 643
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Criminal Procedure
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Criminal Procedure accounts for 2,091 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.