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Rendell-Baker v. Kohn

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Zachary R. Karol (on behalf of the Petitioners)
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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
80-2102
Petitioner: 
Rendell-Baker
Respondent: 
Kohn
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
457 U.S. 830 (1982)
Argued: 
Monday, April 19, 1982
Decided: 
Friday, June 25, 1982
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Rendell-Baker v. Kohn , 457 U.S. 830 (1982)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_2102)
(last visited Sunday, November 1, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Kohn, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)

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Brennan
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White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
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Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger