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1984 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Evitts, Superintendent, Blackburn Correctional Complex, et al. v. Lucey

469 U.S. 387 · 105 S. Ct. 830 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 42

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-1378
U.S. Reports
469 U.S. 387
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 830
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 42

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Evitts, Superintendent, Blackburn Correctional Complex, et al. v. Lucey.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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