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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Berkemer, Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio v. McCarty

468 U.S. 420 · 104 S. Ct. 3138 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 140

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-710
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 420
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3138
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 140

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Berkemer, Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio v. McCarty.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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