1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Brown v. Louisiana
447 U.S. 323 · 100 S. Ct. 2214 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 113
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 79-5364
- U.S. Reports
- 447 U.S. 323
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 2214
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 113
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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