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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Whitley, Individually and as Assistant Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, et al. v. Albers

475 U.S. 312 · 106 S. Ct. 1078 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 28

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
Docket
84-1077
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 312
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1078
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Whitley, Individually and as Assistant Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, et al. v. Albers.
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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