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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Wilson

420 U.S. 332 · 95 S. Ct. 1013 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 138

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-1395
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 332
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1013
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 138

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

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

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