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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. Macdonald

435 U.S. 850 · 98 S. Ct. 1547 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 85

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
75-1892
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 850
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1547
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 85

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Macdonald.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanUnknown

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