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Mitchum v. Foster

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Docket No.: 
70-27
Appellee: 
Foster
Appellant: 
Mitchum
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1971-1972)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
407 U.S. 225 (1972)
Argued: 
Monday, December 13, 1971
Decided: 
Monday, June 19, 1972
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Obscenity
Categories: 
obscenity

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The Oyez Project, Mitchum v. Foster , 407 U.S. 225 (1972)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_27)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Mitchum, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 2283

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Burger
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
Stewart
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's concurrence
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's concurrence
Blackmun
Did not participate
Powell
Did not participate
Rehnquist

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