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1984 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Maryland v. Macon

472 U.S. 463 · 105 S. Ct. 2778 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 110

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-778
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 463
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2778
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 110

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Maryland v. Macon.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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