1975 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Woodson et al. v. North Carolina
428 U.S. 280 · 96 S. Ct. 2978 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 85
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 75-5491
- U.S. Reports
- 428 U.S. 280
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 2978
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 85
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Judgment of the Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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