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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Fuller et ux.

409 U.S. 488 · 93 S. Ct. 801 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 141

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-559
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 488
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 801
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 141

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Fuller et ux.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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