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Lindsey v. Normet

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
70-5045
Appellee: 
Normet
Appellant: 
Lindsey
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1971-1972)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
405 U.S. 56 (1972)
Argued: 
Monday, November 15, 1971
Decided: 
Wednesday, February 23, 1972
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Debtors' Rights

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The Oyez Project, Lindsey v. Normet , 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_5045)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Lindsey, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White