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Agosto v. Ins

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-1410
Petitioner: 
Agosto
Respondent: 
Ins
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
436 U.S. 748 (1978)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 28, 1978
Decided: 
Tuesday, June 6, 1978
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Deportation

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The Oyez Project, Agosto v. Ins , 436 U.S. 748 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1410)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Agosto, 2 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 majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent
Powell
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall