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1979 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Hicks v. Oklahoma

447 U.S. 343 · 100 S. Ct. 2227 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-6885
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 343
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2227
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

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

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