1984 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Caldwell v. Mississippi
472 U.S. 320 · 105 S. Ct. 2633 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 96
The record
- Term
- 1984
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 83-6607
- U.S. Reports
- 472 U.S. 320
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 2633
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 96
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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