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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Middendorf, Secretary of the Navy, et al. v. Henry et al.

425 U.S. 25 · 96 S. Ct. 1281 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 29

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
Docket
74-175
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 25
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1281
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 29

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Middendorf, Secretary of the Navy, et al. v. Henry et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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