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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Lee v. Illinois

476 U.S. 530 · 106 S. Ct. 2056 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 83

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-6807
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 530
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2056
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 83

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lee v. Illinois.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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