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Laird v. Tatum

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-288
Petitioner: 
Laird
Respondent: 
Tatum
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
408 U.S. 1 (1972)
Argued: 
Monday, March 27, 1972
Decided: 
Monday, June 26, 1972
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous; Judicial Power, Standing to Sue, Justiciable Question

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The Oyez Project, Laird v. Tatum , 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_71_288)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Laird, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

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

Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger