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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Agurs

427 U.S. 97 · 96 S. Ct. 2392 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 72

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-491
U.S. Reports
427 U.S. 97
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2392
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 72

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Agurs.
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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