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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.

441 U.S. 506 · 99 S. Ct. 1854 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 99

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-488
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 506
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1854
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 99

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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