
1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2
Colorado v. Connelly
479 U.S. 157 · 107 S. Ct. 515 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 23
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 85-660
- U.S. Reports
- 479 U.S. 157
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 515
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 23
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCDD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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