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Webb v. Webb

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Advocates
Mary R. Carden (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Manley F. Brown (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-6853
Petitioner: 
Webb
Respondent: 
Webb
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
451 U.S. 493 (1981)
Argued: 
Monday, March 23, 1981
Decided: 
Monday, May 18, 1981
Issues: 
Judicial Power, No Merits, Miscellaneous

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The Oyez Project, Webb v. Webb , 451 U.S. 493 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_6853)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Webb, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

Sort by Ideology

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White