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1983 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Goode

464 U.S. 78 · 104 S. Ct. 378 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 120

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-131
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 78
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 378
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 120

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Goode.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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