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1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Havens

446 U.S. 620 · 100 S. Ct. 1912 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 103

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-305
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 620
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1912
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 103

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

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

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