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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Marshall v. United States

414 U.S. 417 · 94 S. Ct. 700 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 146

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-5881
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 417
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 700
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 146

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Marshall 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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