1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Woodard, Secretary of Corrections of North Carolina, et al. v. Hutchins
464 U.S. 377 · 104 S. Ct. 752 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 16
The record
- Term
- 1983
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated
- Docket
- A-557
- U.S. Reports
- 464 U.S. 377
- S. Ct. citation
- 104 S. Ct. 752
- LEXIS citation
- 1984 U.S. LEXIS 16
How the bench divided
CCCCCDDDD
C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Regular concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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