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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction v. Klimas

448 U.S. 444 · 100 S. Ct. 2755 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-662
U.S. Reports
448 U.S. 444
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2755
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction v. Klimas.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence

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