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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

United States v. Tucker

404 U.S. 443 · 92 S. Ct. 589 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 101

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-86
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 443
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 589
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 101

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Tucker.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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