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1971 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan et al. (Plamondon et al., Real Parties in Interest)

407 U.S. 297 · 92 S. Ct. 2125 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 38

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-153
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 297
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2125
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 38

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan et al. (Plamondon et al., Real Parties in Interest).
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistUnknown

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