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U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture v. Murry

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
72-848
Appellee: 
Murry
Appellant: 
U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 508 (1973)
Argued: 
Monday, April 23, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Constitutional Poverty Law

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The Oyez Project, U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture v. Murry , 413 U.S. 508 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_72_848)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Murry, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 7 U.S.C. 2012

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Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Burger
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Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a regular concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
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Full Opinion by Justice William O. Douglas