1977 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Ballew v. Georgia
435 U.S. 223 · 98 S. Ct. 1029 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 68
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 76-761
- U.S. Reports
- 435 U.S. 223
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1029
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 68
How the bench divided
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M 1 majorityC 8 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harry Blackmun | Judgment of the Court |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
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