1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Laing v. United States et al.
423 U.S. 161 · 96 S. Ct. 473 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 144
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 73-1808
- U.S. Reports
- 423 U.S. 161
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 473
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 144
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Unknown |
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