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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Hampton, aka Byers v. United States

425 U.S. 484 · 96 S. Ct. 1646 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 49

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-5822
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 484
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1646
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 49

How the bench divided

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

How each justice voted in Hampton, aka Byers v. United States.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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