1984 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Dowling v. United States
473 U.S. 207 · 105 S. Ct. 3127 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 88
The record
- Term
- 1984
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 84-589
- U.S. Reports
- 473 U.S. 207
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 3127
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 88
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
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