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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Doyle v. Ohio

426 U.S. 610 · 96 S. Ct. 2240 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 66

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-5014
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 610
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2240
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 66

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Doyle v. Ohio.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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