1978 term · Burger Court · 6-2
Dunaway v. New York
442 U.S. 200 · 99 S. Ct. 2248 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 126
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 78-5066
- U.S. Reports
- 442 U.S. 200
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2248
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 126
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDD?
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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