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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Moore v. United States

429 U.S. 20 · 97 S. Ct. 29 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 168

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
75-1692
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 20
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 29
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 168

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moore v. United States.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent
William RehnquistJurisdictional dissent

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