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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Weatherford, Agent of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, et al. v. Bursey

429 U.S. 545 · 97 S. Ct. 837 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 40

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
Docket
75-1510
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 545
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 837
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 40

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Weatherford, Agent of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, et al. v. Bursey.
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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