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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Blackledge, Warden, et al. v. Allison

431 U.S. 63 · 97 S. Ct. 1621 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 80

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
75-1693
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 63
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1621
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 80

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Blackledge, Warden, et al. v. Allison.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistUnknown

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