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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Mendoza

464 U.S. 154 · 104 S. Ct. 568 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-849
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 154
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 568
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Mendoza.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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