1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Hankerson v. North Carolina
432 U.S. 233 · 97 S. Ct. 2339 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 121
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-6568
- U.S. Reports
- 432 U.S. 233
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2339
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 121
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCC?
M 4 majorityC 4 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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