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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Schneble v. Florida

405 U.S. 427 · 92 S. Ct. 1056 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
68-5009
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 427
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1056
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Schneble v. Florida.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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