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1973 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Davis v. United States

417 U.S. 333 · 94 S. Ct. 2298 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 68

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-1454
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 333
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2298
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 68

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Davis v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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