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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Wong

431 U.S. 174 · 97 S. Ct. 1823 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 88

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-635
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 174
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1823
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 88

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Wong.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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