1971 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Turner v. Arkansas
407 U.S. 366 · 92 S. Ct. 2096 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 41
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 71-1309
- U.S. Reports
- 407 U.S. 366
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 2096
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 41
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCD
M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Jurisdictional dissent |
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