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Barefoot v. Estelle

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Advocates
Douglas M. Becker (on behalf of Respondent)
Jack Greenberg (on behalf of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as amicus curiae)
William E. Gray, Jr. (on behalf of Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-6080
Petitioner: 
Barefoot
Respondent: 
Estelle
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
463 U.S. 880 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 26, 1983
Decided: 
Wednesday, July 6, 1983
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Confrontation, Stay of Execution; Criminal Procedure, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty

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The Oyez Project, Barefoot v. Estelle , 463 U.S. 880 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_6080)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Estelle, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 USC 2241-2255 (habeas corpus)

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White