1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Ford v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
477 U.S. 399 · 106 S. Ct. 2595 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 64
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
- 85-5542
- U.S. Reports
- 477 U.S. 399
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2595
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 64
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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