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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Cady, Warden v. Dombrowski

413 U.S. 433 · 93 S. Ct. 2523 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 48

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-586
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 433
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2523
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 48

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cady, Warden v. Dombrowski.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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