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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Autry v. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

464 U.S. 1 · 104 S. Ct. 20 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 115

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
A-197
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 20
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 115

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

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

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