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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States v. Robinson

414 U.S. 218 · 94 S. Ct. 467 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 21

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-936
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 218
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 467
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 21

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

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

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