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1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Ramsey v. New York

440 U.S. 444 · 99 S. Ct. 1415 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 70

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
77-6540
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 444
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1415
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 70

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Ramsey v. New York.
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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