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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Miller

425 U.S. 435 · 96 S. Ct. 1619 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 148

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-1179
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 435
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1619
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 148

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Miller.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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