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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Pilon v. Bordenkircher, Warden

444 U.S. 1 · 100 S. Ct. 7 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-6932
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 7
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Pilon v. Bordenkircher, Warden.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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