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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Lane et al.

474 U.S. 438 · 106 S. Ct. 725 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 48

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
84-744
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 438
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 725
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 48

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Lane et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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