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Carpenters v. Scott

Docket: 82-486
Citation: 463 U.S. 825 (1983)
Petitioner: Carpenters
Respondent: Scott

Case Media

Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, April 26, 1983
Decision: Tuesday, July 5, 1983
Issues: Liability, Civil Rights Acts

Advocates

Laurence E. Gold (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Robert Q. Keith (on behalf of the Respondents)

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: 5 votes for Carpenters, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1985)
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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The Oyez Project, Carpenters v. Scott, 463 U.S. 825 (1983),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_486/>
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