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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Sanford et al.

429 U.S. 14 · 97 S. Ct. 20 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 88

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-1867
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 14
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 20
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 88

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Sanford et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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