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Fuentes v. Shevin

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Docket No.: 
70-5039
Appellee: 
Shevin
Appellant: 
Fuentes
Consolidation: 
No. 70-5138
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1971-1972)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
407 U.S. 67 (1972)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 9, 1971
Decided: 
Monday, June 12, 1972
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Debtors' Rights
Categories: 
property, right to a hearing, fourteenth amendment, due process

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The Oyez Project, Fuentes v. Shevin , 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_5039)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 4 votes for Fuentes, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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

Full Opinion by Justice Potter Stewart