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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States v. Matlock

415 U.S. 164 · 94 S. Ct. 988 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 8

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 and remanded
Docket
72-1355
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 164
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 988
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Matlock.
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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