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HARRAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. MARTIN

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Case Basics

Docket No.

78-443

Petitioner

Harrah Independent School Dist.

Respondent

Martin

Decided By

Burger Court (1975-1981)

Opinion

440 U.S. 194 (1979)

Decided

Monday, February 26, 1979

Term:

1970-1979
- 1978

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

Decision: 9 votes for Harrah Independent School Dist., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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HARRAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. MARTIN. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 27 April 2013. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_78_443>.

HARRAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. MARTIN, The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_78_443 (last visited April 27, 2013).

"HARRAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. MARTIN," The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, accessed April 27, 2013, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_78_443.