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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Hudson v. Louisiana

450 U.S. 40 · 101 S. Ct. 970 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 68

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
79-5688
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 40
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 970
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 68

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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