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Abstract

Argument: Monday, November 9, 1981
Decision: Monday, January 25, 1982
Issues: Due Process, Impartial Decision Maker

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for Smith, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Due Process
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote a regular concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist

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The Oyez Project, Smith v. Phillips, 455 U.S. 209 (1982),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_1082/>
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