1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Taylor v. Alabama
457 U.S. 687 · 102 S. Ct. 2664 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 138
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 81-5152
- U.S. Reports
- 457 U.S. 687
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 2664
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 138
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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