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Blum v. Stenson

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Advocates
Leon Silverman (on behalf of the Respondents)
Melvyn R. Leventhal (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1374
Petitioner: 
Blum
Respondent: 
Stenson
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
465 U.S. 886 (1984)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 11, 1984
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 21, 1984
Issues: 
Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees

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The Oyez Project, Blum v. Stenson , 465 U.S. 886 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_81_1374)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Blum, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.