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Planned Parenthood Assn. v. Ashcroft

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Advocates
Frank Susman (on behalf of Planned Parenthood Association of Kansas City)
John Ashcroft (on behalf of John Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1255
Petitioner: 
Planned Parenthood Assn.
Respondent: 
Ashcroft
Consolidation: 
No. 81-1623
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
462 U.S. 476 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 30, 1982
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 15, 1983
Issues: 
Privacy, Abortion, Including Contraceptives

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The Oyez Project, Planned Parenthood Assn. v. Ashcroft , 462 U.S. 476 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1255)
(last visited Tuesday, November 10, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Planned Parenthood Assn., 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's concurrence
White
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Powell
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's concurrence
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Stevens
Wrote a special concurrence
O'Connor

Judgment of the Court by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.