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Levitt v. Committee For Public Education

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Docket No.: 
72-269
Petitioner: 
Committee For Public Education
Respondent: 
Levitt
Consolidation: 
No. 72-270
No. 72-271
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 472 (1973)
Argued: 
Monday, March 19, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Parochiaid

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The Oyez Project, Levitt v. Committee For Public Education , 413 U.S. 472 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_72_269)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Committee For Public Education, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Establishment of Religion

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Burger
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Douglas
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Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the minority
White
Co-authored a special concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
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Powell
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Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger