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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Ybarra v. Illinois

444 U.S. 85 · 100 S. Ct. 338 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 151

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-5937
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 85
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 338
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 151

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ybarra v. Illinois.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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