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Briscoe v. Lahue

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Advocates
Edmund B. Moran, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Harriet Lipkin (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1404
Petitioner: 
Briscoe
Respondent: 
Lahue
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
460 U.S. 325 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 9, 1982
Decided: 
Monday, March 7, 1983
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Briscoe v. Lahue , 460 U.S. 325 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1404)
(last visited Monday, November 30, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Lahue, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens