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Pulliam v. Allen

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Advocates
Gerald L. Baliles (on behalf of Petitioner)
Deborah C. Wyatt (on behalf of Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-1432
Petitioner: 
Pulliam
Respondent: 
Allen
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
466 U.S. 522 (1984)
Argued: 
Wednesday, November 2, 1983
Decided: 
Monday, May 14, 1984
Issues: 
Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees; Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Pulliam v. Allen , 466 U.S. 522 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1432)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Allen, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)

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

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun