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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Estelle, Corrections Director v. Dorrough

420 U.S. 534 · 95 S. Ct. 1173 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 44

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-479
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 534
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1173
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 44

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Estelle, Corrections Director v. Dorrough.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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