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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Moore v. Illinois

408 U.S. 786 · 92 S. Ct. 2562 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 23

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
69-5001
U.S. Reports
408 U.S. 786
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2562
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 23

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moore v. Illinois.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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