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Gerstein v. Pugh

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Docket No.: 
73-477
Petitioner: 
Gerstein
Respondent: 
Pugh
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
420 U.S. 103 (1975)
Argued: 
Monday, March 25, 1974
Reargued: 
Monday, October 21, 1974
Decided: 
Tuesday, February 18, 1975
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure

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The Oyez Project, Gerstein v. Pugh , 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_73_477)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Gerstein, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment

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Burger
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Douglas
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Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence
Marshall
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Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
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Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.