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Dunn v. United States

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
77-6949
Petitioner: 
Dunn
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
442 U.S. 100 (1979)
Argued: 
Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Decided: 
Monday, June 4, 1979
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Perjury

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The Oyez Project, Dunn v. United States , 442 U.S. 100 (1979)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_6949)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Dunn, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets, National Firearms, Organized Crime Control, Comprehensive Crime Control, or Gun Control Acts, except for RICO (q.v.) portion

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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
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall