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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Parker v. Randolph et al.

442 U.S. 62 · 99 S. Ct. 2132 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 118

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
78-99
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 62
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2132
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 118

How the bench divided

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

How each justice voted in Parker v. Randolph et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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