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1982 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Illinois v. Gates et ux.

462 U.S. 213 · 103 S. Ct. 2317 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 54

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-430
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 213
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2317
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 54

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Illinois v. Gates et ux.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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