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1975 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Dove v. United States

423 U.S. 325 · 96 S. Ct. 579 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 39

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
75-543
U.S. Reports
423 U.S. 325
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 579
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dove v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteDissent

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