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In Re Griffiths

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Docket No.: 
71-1336
Appellant: 
In Re Griffiths
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 717 (1973)
Argued: 
Tuesday, January 9, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employability of Aliens

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The Oyez Project, In Re Griffiths , 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1336)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for In Re Griffiths, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Equal Protection

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Wrote a dissent
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
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Wrote a dissent, joined Burger's dissent
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.