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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Thompson v. Louisiana

469 U.S. 17 · 105 S. Ct. 409 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 161

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-6775
U.S. Reports
469 U.S. 17
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 409
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 161

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Thompson v. Louisiana.
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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