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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States et al. v. Euge

444 U.S. 707 · 100 S. Ct. 874 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 80

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-1453
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 707
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 874
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 80

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States et al. v. Euge.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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