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1977 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Proctor v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary

435 U.S. 559 · 98 S. Ct. 1596 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 79

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
77-5898
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 559
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1596
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 79

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Proctor v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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