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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Gooding v. United States

416 U.S. 430 · 94 S. Ct. 1780 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 133

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-6902
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 430
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1780
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 133

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gooding 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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