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1979 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Gillock

445 U.S. 360 · 100 S. Ct. 1185 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 92

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-1455
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 360
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1185
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 92

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Gillock.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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