1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Baldasar v. Illinois
446 U.S. 222 · 100 S. Ct. 1585 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 124
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 77-6219
- U.S. Reports
- 446 U.S. 222
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 1585
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 124
How the bench divided
CCCCCDDDD
C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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