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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York v. Newsome

420 U.S. 283 · 95 S. Ct. 886 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 34

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1627
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 283
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 886
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 34

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York v. Newsome.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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