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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Hicks, District Attorney of Orange County, et al. v. Miranda, dba Walnut Properties, et al.

422 U.S. 332 · 95 S. Ct. 2281 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 7

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-156
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 332
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2281
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 7

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hicks, District Attorney of Orange County, et al. v. Miranda, dba Walnut Properties, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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