1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Peters v. Kiff, Warden
407 U.S. 493 · 92 S. Ct. 2163 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 33
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 71-5078
- U.S. Reports
- 407 U.S. 493
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 2163
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 33
How the bench divided
MMMCCCDDD
M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Judgment of the Court |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Civil Rights
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.