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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, October 4, 1978
Decision: Monday, December 11, 1978
Issues: Civil Rights, Rights of Illegitimates

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Lalli, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Equal Protection
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
White
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stewart
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence
Rehnquist
Judgment of the Court by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Lalli v. Lalli, 439 U.S. 259 (1978),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_1115/>
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