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Harlow v. Fitzgerald

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
80-945
Petitioner: 
Harlow
Respondent: 
Fitzgerald
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
457 U.S. 800 (1982)
Argued: 
Monday, November 30, 1981
Decided: 
Thursday, June 24, 1982
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Governmental Liability
Categories: 
government employment, immunity, presidency

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The Oyez Project, Harlow v. Fitzgerald , 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_945)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

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

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Wrote a dissent
Burger
Wrote a regular concurrence, joined another concurrence
Brennan
Co-authored a regular concurrence
White
Co-authored a regular concurrence, joined Brennan's concurrence
Marshall
Co-authored a regular concurrence, joined Brennan's concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Wrote a regular concurrence
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.