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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

McMillan et al. v. Pennsylvania

477 U.S. 79 · 106 S. Ct. 2411 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 109

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
85-215
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 79
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2411
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 109

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in McMillan et al. v. Pennsylvania.
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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