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Doe v. Bolton

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
70-40
Appellee: 
Bolton
Appellant: 
Doe
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1971-1972)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
410 U.S. 179 (1973)
Argued: 
Monday, December 13, 1971
Reargued: 
Wednesday, October 11, 1972
Decided: 
Monday, January 22, 1973
Issues: 
Privacy, Abortion, Including Contraceptives
Categories: 
privacy, justiciability, abortion

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Doe v. Bolton , 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_40)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Bolton, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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Wrote a regular concurrence
Burger
Wrote a regular concurrence
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a dissent
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun