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Fiallo v. Bell

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
75-6297
Appellee: 
Bell
Appellant: 
Fiallo
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
430 U.S. 787 (1977)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 7, 1976
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 26, 1977
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Rights of Illegitimates

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The Oyez Project, Fiallo v. Bell , 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_75_6297)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Bell, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration, Nationality, or Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Acts, as amended

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.