1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Bearden v. Georgia
461 U.S. 660 · 103 S. Ct. 2064 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 39
The record
- Term
- 1982
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 81-6633
- U.S. Reports
- 461 U.S. 660
- S. Ct. citation
- 103 S. Ct. 2064
- LEXIS citation
- 1983 U.S. LEXIS 39
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCC
M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
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