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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Menna v. New York

423 U.S. 61 · 96 S. Ct. 241 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 96

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-5401
U.S. Reports
423 U.S. 61
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 241
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 96

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Menna v. New York.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Warren E. BurgerJurisdictional dissent
William RehnquistJurisdictional dissent

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