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Mcdaniel v. Sanchez

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Advocates
Robert G. Parmley (on behalf of the Respondents)
Richard A. Hall (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Lawrence G. Wallace (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
80-180
Petitioner: 
Mcdaniel
Respondent: 
Sanchez
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
452 U.S. 130 (1981)
Argued: 
Monday, March 2, 1981
Decided: 
Monday, June 1, 1981
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965

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The Oyez Project, Mcdaniel v. Sanchez , 452 U.S. 130 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_80_180)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Sanchez, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Voting Rights Act of 1965

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