1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Robbins v. California
453 U.S. 420 · 101 S. Ct. 2841 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 132
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-148
- U.S. Reports
- 453 U.S. 420
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 2841
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 132
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Judgment of the Court |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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