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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Henderson, Correctional Superintendent v. Kibbe

431 U.S. 145 · 97 S. Ct. 1730 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 84

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-1906
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 145
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1730
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 84

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Henderson, Correctional Superintendent v. Kibbe.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistUnknown

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