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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer

474 U.S. 28 · 106 S. Ct. 353 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 139

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-1852
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 28
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 353
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 139

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent

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