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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Mariscal v. United States

449 U.S. 405 · 101 S. Ct. 909 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 57

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
80-5618
U.S. Reports
449 U.S. 405
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 909
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 57

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

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

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