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Maher v. Gagne

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Joan E. Pilver (on behalf of the Respondent)
Edmund C. Walsh (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1888
Petitioner: 
Maher
Respondent: 
Gagne
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
448 U.S. 122 (1980)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 9, 1980
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 25, 1980
Issues: 
Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees

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The Oyez Project, Maher v. Gagne , 448 U.S. 122 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1888)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Gagne, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards

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Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
Burger
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Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
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Wrote the majority opinion
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Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens