The Oyez Project Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building

Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, March 31, 1982
Decision: Monday, June 21, 1982
Issues: Judicial Power, First Amendment

Advocates

Mary Ann Burgess (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Morton Stavis (on behalf of the Respondent)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Middlesex Ethics Comm., 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Abstention Doctrine
Wrote a special concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Marshall's concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote the majority opinion
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Middlesex Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Assn., 457 U.S. 423 (1982),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_81_460/>
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