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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Beecher v. Alabama

408 U.S. 234 · 92 S. Ct. 2282 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 29

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-6497
U.S. Reports
408 U.S. 234
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2282
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 29

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Beecher v. Alabama.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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