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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Procunier, Corrections Director, et al. v. Navarette

434 U.S. 555 · 98 S. Ct. 855 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-446
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 555
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 855
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Procunier, Corrections Director, et al. v. Navarette.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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