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1982 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Cardwell et al. v. Taylor

461 U.S. 571 · 103 S. Ct. 2015 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-1496
U.S. Reports
461 U.S. 571
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2015
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cardwell et al. v. Taylor.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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