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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Addington v. Texas

441 U.S. 418 · 99 S. Ct. 1804 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 93

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
77-5992
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 418
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1804
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 93

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Addington v. Texas.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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