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Michigan v. Clifford

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Janice M. Joyce Bartee (on behalf of Petitioner)
K. Preston Oade, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-357
Petitioner: 
Michigan
Respondent: 
Clifford
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
464 U.S. 287 (1984)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 5, 1983
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 11, 1984
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure

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The Oyez Project, Michigan v. Clifford , 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_357)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Clifford, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment

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

Judgment of the Court by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.