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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, March 18, 1975
Decision: Thursday, June 26, 1975
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Involuntary Confession

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Facts of the Case

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Brown, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Exclusionary Rule (admissibility of evidence allegedly in violation of the Fourth Amendment)
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a special concurrence
White
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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The Oyez Project, Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590 (1975),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_6650/>
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