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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Warden, Lewisburg Penitentiary v. Marrero

417 U.S. 653 · 94 S. Ct. 2532 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 79

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
Docket
73-831
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 653
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2532
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 79

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Warden, Lewisburg Penitentiary v. Marrero.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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