1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0
United States v. Wheeler
435 U.S. 313 · 98 S. Ct. 1079 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 72
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 76-1629
- U.S. Reports
- 435 U.S. 313
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1079
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 72
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
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