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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Finch v. United States

433 U.S. 676 · 97 S. Ct. 2909 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
76-1206
U.S. Reports
433 U.S. 676
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2909
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Finch v. United States.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent

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