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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Meachum, Correctional Superintendent, et al. v. Fano et al.

427 U.S. 215 · 96 S. Ct. 2532 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 73

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-252
U.S. Reports
427 U.S. 215
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2532
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 73

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Meachum, Correctional Superintendent, et al. v. Fano et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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