1983 term · Burger Court · 6-2
Patton et al. v. Yount
467 U.S. 1025 · 104 S. Ct. 2885 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 125
The record
- Term
- 1983
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 83-95
- U.S. Reports
- 467 U.S. 1025
- S. Ct. citation
- 104 S. Ct. 2885
- LEXIS citation
- 1984 U.S. LEXIS 125
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
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