1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Burks v. United States
437 U.S. 1 · 98 S. Ct. 2141 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 3
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 76-6528
- U.S. Reports
- 437 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 2141
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 3
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Unknown |
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