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1983 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Kosak v. United States

465 U.S. 848 · 104 S. Ct. 1519 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 45

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
82-618
U.S. Reports
465 U.S. 848
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1519
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 45

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

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