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Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
70-5112
Petitioner: 
Weber
Respondent: 
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
406 U.S. 164 (1972)
Argued: 
Monday, February 28, 1972
Decided: 
Monday, April 24, 1972
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Rights of Illegitimates

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The Oyez Project, Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. , 406 U.S. 164 (1972)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_5112)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Weber, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Equal Protection

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.