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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Maccollom

426 U.S. 317 · 96 S. Ct. 2086 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 58

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-1487
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 317
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2086
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 58

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Maccollom.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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