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1984 term · Burger Court · 6-2

United States v. Gagnon et al.

470 U.S. 522 · 105 S. Ct. 1482 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 67

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-690
U.S. Reports
470 U.S. 522
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1482
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 67

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Gagnon et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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