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1984 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Liparota v. United States

471 U.S. 419 · 105 S. Ct. 2084 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-5108
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 419
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2084
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Liparota v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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