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Committee For Public Education v. Regan

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Committee For Public Education v. Regan - Oral Argument
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Advocates
Richard E. Nolan (on behalf of the intervening parties-appellees)
Leo Pfeffer (on behalf of the appellants)
Shirley Adelson Siegel (on behalf of the appellees)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1369
Appellee: 
Regan
Appellant: 
Committee For Public Education
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
444 U.S. 646 (1980)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 27, 1979
Decided: 
Wednesday, February 20, 1980
Issues: 
First Amendment, Parochiaid
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Committee For Public Education v. Regan , 444 U.S. 646 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1369)
(last visited Friday, March 19, 2010).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Regan, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Establishment of Religion

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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