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Imbler v. Pachtman

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
74-5435
Petitioner: 
Imbler
Respondent: 
Pachtman
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
424 U.S. 409 (1976)
Argued: 
Monday, November 3, 1975
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 2, 1976
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Imbler v. Pachtman , 424 U.S. 409 (1976)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_5435)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Pachtman, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority, joined White's concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a special concurrence
White
Voted with the majority, joined White's concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Did not participate
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.