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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, January 9, 1979
Decision: Tuesday, April 24, 1979
Issues: Federalism, Natural Resources

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for Hughes, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 3: Interstate Commerce Clause
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Hughes v. Oklahoma, 441 U.S. 322 (1979),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_1439/>
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