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Abstract

Argument: Monday, March 24, 1975
Decision: Tuesday, June 24, 1975
Issues: Judicial Power, Obscenity

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 5 votes for Hicks, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Abstention Doctrine
Wrote a regular concurrence
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Douglas
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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The Oyez Project, Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_74_156/>
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