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1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Jeffers v. United States

432 U.S. 137 · 97 S. Ct. 2207 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 20

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
75-1805
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 137
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2207
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 20

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jeffers v. United States.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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