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Vance v. Terrazas

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Allan A. Ryan, Jr. (on behalf of the Appellant)
Kenneth K. Ditkowsky (on behalf of the Appellee)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1143
Appellee: 
Terrazas
Appellant: 
Vance
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
444 U.S. 252 (1980)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 30, 1979
Decided: 
Tuesday, January 15, 1980
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Immigration and Naturalization, Loss of Citizenship

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The Oyez Project, Vance v. Terrazas , 444 U.S. 252 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1143)
(last visited Wednesday, November 18, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Vance, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration, Nationality, or Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Acts, as amended

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Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White