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Marks v. United States

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
75-708
Petitioner: 
Marks
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
430 U.S. 188 (1977)
Argued: 
November 1-2, 1976
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 1, 1977
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, Federal

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The Oyez Project, Marks v. United States , 430 U.S. 188 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_75_708)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Marks, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

Sort by Ideology

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.