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Tate v. Short

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
324
Petitioner: 
Tate
Respondent: 
Short
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1970-1971)
Opinion: 
401 U.S. 395 (1971)
Argued: 
Thursday, January 14, 1971
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 2, 1971
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indigents, Payment of Fine
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Tate v. Short , 401 U.S. 395 (1971)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1970/1970_324)
(last visited Sunday, March 14, 2010).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Tate, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Equal Protection

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Black
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Wrote a special concurrence
Harlan
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun

Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.