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Abstract

Argument: Monday, March 25, 1974
Reargument: Monday, October 21, 1974
Decision: Tuesday, February 18, 1975
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure

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Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 9 votes for Gerstein, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence
Douglas
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103 (1975),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_73_477/>
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