1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2
Adams v. Illinois
405 U.S. 278 · 92 S. Ct. 916 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 81
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 70-5038
- U.S. Reports
- 405 U.S. 278
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 916
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 81
How the bench divided
MMMCCDD??
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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