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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Mackey, Registrar of Motor Vehicles of Massachusetts v. Montrym

443 U.S. 1 · 99 S. Ct. 2612 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
77-69
U.S. Reports
443 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2612
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mackey, Registrar of Motor Vehicles of Massachusetts v. Montrym.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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