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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Oregon v. Mathiason

429 U.S. 492 · 97 S. Ct. 711 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 38

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-201
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 492
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 711
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 38

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Oregon v. Mathiason.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent

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