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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Barnes v. United States

412 U.S. 837 · 93 S. Ct. 2357 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 53

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-5443
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 837
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2357
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 53

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Barnes 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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