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1981 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Hopper, Corrections Commissioner, et al. v. Evans

456 U.S. 605 · 102 S. Ct. 2049 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 108

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
80-1714
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 605
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2049
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 108

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hopper, Corrections Commissioner, et al. v. Evans.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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