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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 Ideology)

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