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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Hudson v. Palmer

468 U.S. 517 · 104 S. Ct. 3194 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 143

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-1630
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 517
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3194
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 143

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hudson v. Palmer.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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