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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Demarco v. United States

415 U.S. 449 · 94 S. Ct. 1185 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-5684
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 449
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1185
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Demarco v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Warren E. BurgerJurisdictional dissent
Lewis F. PowellJurisdictional dissent
William RehnquistJurisdictional dissent

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