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Heckler v. Ringer

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Advocates
Edwin S. Kneedler (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Malcolm J. Harkins, III (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-1772
Petitioner: 
Heckler
Respondent: 
Ringer
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
466 U.S. 602 (1984)
Argued: 
Monday, February 27, 1984
Decided: 
Monday, May 14, 1984
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Statutory Poverty Law; Judicial Power, Jurisdiction of Federal Courts

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The Oyez Project, Heckler v. Ringer , 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1772)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Heckler, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Medicare--provisions of the Social Security Act

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

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist