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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Davis v. United States

411 U.S. 233 · 93 S. Ct. 1577 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-6481
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 233
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1577
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

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

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