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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Martinez-Fuerte et al.

428 U.S. 543 · 96 S. Ct. 3074 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 87

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-1560
U.S. Reports
428 U.S. 543
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 3074
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 87

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Martinez-Fuerte et al.
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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