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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, November 16, 1971
Decision: Tuesday, April 18, 1972
Issues: First Amendment, Loyalty Oath, Government Employees

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Facts of the Case

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 4 votes for Cole, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Did not participate
Powell
Did not participate
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Co-authored a regular concurrence
Stewart
Co-authored a regular concurrence
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Full Opinion by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

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The Oyez Project, Cole v. Richardson, 405 U.S. 676 (1972),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_14/>
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