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Briscoe v. Lahue

Docket: 81-1404
Citation: 460 U.S. 325 (1983)
Petitioner: Briscoe
Respondent: Lahue

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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, November 9, 1982
Decision: Monday, March 7, 1983
Issues: Liability, Civil Rights Acts

Advocates

Harriet Lipkin (on behalf of the Respondent)
Edmund B. Moran, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioners)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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

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The Oyez Project, Briscoe v. Lahue, 460 U.S. 325 (1983),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1404/>
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