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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Torres-Valencia v. United States

464 U.S. 44 · 104 S. Ct. 385 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 118

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
82-6848
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 44
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 385
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 118

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Torres-Valencia v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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