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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Apfelbaum

445 U.S. 115 · 100 S. Ct. 948 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 87

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-972
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 115
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 948
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 87

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. Apfelbaum.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence

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