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1985 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Delaware v. Fensterer

474 U.S. 15 · 106 S. Ct. 292 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 137

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-214
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 15
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 292
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 137

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Delaware v. Fensterer.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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