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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Waller v. Georgia

467 U.S. 39 · 104 S. Ct. 2210 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-321
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 39
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2210
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Waller v. Georgia.
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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