1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Sandstrom v. Montana
442 U.S. 510 · 99 S. Ct. 2450 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 113
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 78-5384
- U.S. Reports
- 442 U.S. 510
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2450
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 113
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Regular concurrence |
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