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1979 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Perrin v. United States

444 U.S. 37 · 100 S. Ct. 311 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 44

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-959
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 37
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 311
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 44

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Perrin v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown

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