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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Bowen v. United States

422 U.S. 916 · 95 S. Ct. 2569 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 85

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-6848
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 916
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2569
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 85

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Bowen v. United States.
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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