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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Odom v. United States

400 U.S. 23 · 91 S. Ct. 112 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
300
U.S. Reports
400 U.S. 23
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 112
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Odom v. United States.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasJurisdictional dissent

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