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Oregon v. Kennedy

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Advocates
David B. Frohnmayer (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)
Donald C. Walker (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
80-1991
Petitioner: 
Oregon
Respondent: 
Kennedy
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
456 U.S. 667 (1982)
Argued: 
Monday, March 29, 1982
Decided: 
Monday, May 24, 1982
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Double Jeopardy; Judicial Power, Adequate Non-Federal Grounds for Decision

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The Oyez Project, Oregon v. Kennedy , 456 U.S. 667 (1982)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_1991)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Oregon, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Double Jeopardy

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

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist