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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Codispoti et al. v. Pennsylvania

418 U.S. 506 · 94 S. Ct. 2687 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 90

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-5615
U.S. Reports
418 U.S. 506
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2687
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 90

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Codispoti et al. v. Pennsylvania.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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