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1980 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al. v. Chapman et al.

452 U.S. 337 · 101 S. Ct. 2392 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 121

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-332
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 337
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2392
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 121

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al. v. Chapman et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent

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