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Jay v. Boyd

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
503
Petitioner: 
Jay
Respondent: 
Boyd
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1955-1956)
Opinion: 
351 U.S. 345 (1956)
Argued: 
Thursday, May 3, 1956
Decided: 
Monday, June 11, 1956
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Deportation

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The Oyez Project, Jay v. Boyd , 351 U.S. 345 (1956)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1955/1955_503)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Boyd, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration, Nationality, or Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Acts, as amended

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Wrote a dissent
Warren
Wrote a dissent
Black
Wrote the majority opinion
Reed
Wrote a dissent
Frankfurter
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Burton
Voted with the majority
Clark
Voted with the majority
Minton
Voted with the majority
Harlan

Full Opinion by Justice Stanley Reed