1981 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Torna
455 U.S. 586 · 102 S. Ct. 1300 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 82
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 81-362
- U.S. Reports
- 455 U.S. 586
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 1300
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 82
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Jurisdictional dissent |
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