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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

California v. Prysock

453 U.S. 355 · 101 S. Ct. 2806 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 131

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-1846
U.S. Reports
453 U.S. 355
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2806
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 131

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

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

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