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Hunt v. Mcnair

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-1523
Appellee: 
Mcnair
Appellant: 
Hunt
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 734 (1973)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 21, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Parochiaid

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The Oyez Project, Hunt v. Mcnair , 413 U.S. 734 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1523)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Mcnair, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Establishment of Religion

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.