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1980 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Difrancesco

449 U.S. 117 · 101 S. Ct. 426 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-567
U.S. Reports
449 U.S. 117
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 426
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 3

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

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

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