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Davis v. Scherer

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Advocates
Bruce S. Rogow (on behalf of the Appellee)
Mitchell D. Franks (on behalf of the Appellants)
Richard G. Wilkins (as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
83-490
Appellee: 
Scherer
Appellant: 
Davis
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
468 U.S. 183 (1984)
Argued: 
Monday, April 16, 1984
Decided: 
Thursday, June 28, 1984
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Davis v. Scherer , 468 U.S. 183 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_83_490)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

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

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.