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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, October 5, 1983
Decision: Tuesday, May 15, 1984
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure

Advocates

Gordon B. Baldwin (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Stephen W. Kleinmaier (on behalf of the Respondent)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 6 votes for Welsh, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment
Wrote a jurisdictional dissent
Burger
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740 (1984),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_5466/>
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