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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial District, Santa Clara County

411 U.S. 345 · 93 S. Ct. 1571 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 81

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
71-1428
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1571
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 81

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial District, Santa Clara County.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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