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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Rewis et al. v. United States

401 U.S. 808 · 91 S. Ct. 1056 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
5342
U.S. Reports
401 U.S. 808
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 1056
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Rewis et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown

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