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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Chadwick et al.

433 U.S. 1 · 97 S. Ct. 2476 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 133

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
75-1721
U.S. Reports
433 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2476
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 133

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Chadwick et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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