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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of Investigation

406 U.S. 472 · 92 S. Ct. 1670 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 58

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
69-4
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 472
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1670
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 58

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of Investigation.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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