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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Rushen, Director, California Department of Corrections, et al. v. Spain

464 U.S. 114 · 104 S. Ct. 453 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 11

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
82-2083
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 114
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 453
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 11

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rushen, Director, California Department of Corrections, et al. v. Spain.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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