1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Walter v. United States
447 U.S. 649 · 100 S. Ct. 2395 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 135
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
- Docket
- 79-67
- U.S. Reports
- 447 U.S. 649
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 2395
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 135
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Judgment of the Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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