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Briscoe v. Lahue

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

Case Media

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 Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for Lahue, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Wrote a dissent, joined Marshall's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
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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