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1974 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Ring v. United States

419 U.S. 18 · 95 S. Ct. 164 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 154

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-6969
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 18
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 164
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 154

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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