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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-3

North Carolina v. Butler

441 U.S. 369 · 99 S. Ct. 1755 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 91

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-354
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 369
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1755
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 91

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in North Carolina v. Butler.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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