Home › Cases › 1970-1979 › 1976 › Dobbert v. Florida ›

Dobbert v. Florida

Media Items
Oral Argument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Opinion Announcement
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-5306
Petitioner: 
Dobbert
Respondent: 
Florida
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
432 U.S. 282 (1977)
Argued: 
Monday, March 28, 1977
Decided: 
Friday, June 17, 1977
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Ex Post Facto

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Dobbert v. Florida , 432 U.S. 282 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_76_5306)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Florida, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 3: Bill of Attainder or Ex Post Facto Law

Sort by Ideology

Wrote a regular concurrence
Burger
Co-authored a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Co-authored a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist