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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States v. Grayson

438 U.S. 41 · 98 S. Ct. 2610 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 126

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-1572
U.S. Reports
438 U.S. 41
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2610
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 126

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Grayson.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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