1971 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Furman v. Georgia
408 U.S. 238 · 92 S. Ct. 2726 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 169
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 69-5003
- U.S. Reports
- 408 U.S. 238
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 2726
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 169
How the bench divided
CCCCCDDDD
C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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