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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Pennsylvania v. Mimms

434 U.S. 106 · 98 S. Ct. 330 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 157

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-1830
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 106
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 330
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 157

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pennsylvania v. Mimms.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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