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1982 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Barefoot v. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

463 U.S. 880 · 103 S. Ct. 3383 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 110

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
82-6080
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 880
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 3383
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 110

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Barefoot v. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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