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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Rosales-Lopez v. United States

451 U.S. 182 · 101 S. Ct. 1629 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 88

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-6624
U.S. Reports
451 U.S. 182
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1629
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 88

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rosales-Lopez v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Byron WhiteJudgment of the Court
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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