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Dixon v. Love

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
75-1513
Appellee: 
Love
Appellant: 
Dixon
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
431 U.S. 105 (1977)
Argued: 
March 1-2, 1977
Decided: 
Monday, May 16, 1977
Issues: 
Due Process, Hearing or Notice

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The Oyez Project, Dixon v. Love , 431 U.S. 105 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_75_1513)
(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 Dixon, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

Sort by Ideology

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

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun