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1978 term · Burger Court · 7-0

United States v. Addonizio et al.

442 U.S. 178 · 99 S. Ct. 2235 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 125

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-156
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 178
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2235
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 125

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Addonizio et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanUnknown
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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