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1972 term · Burger Court · 8-1

United States v. Jim et al.

409 U.S. 80 · 93 S. Ct. 261 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 116

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-1509
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 80
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 261
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 116

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Jim et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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