1976 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Coker v. Georgia
433 U.S. 584 · 97 S. Ct. 2861 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 146
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 75-5444
- U.S. Reports
- 433 U.S. 584
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2861
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 146
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCDD
M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Byron White | Judgment of the Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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