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Alexander v. Choate

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Advocates
W. J. Michael Cody (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Paul M. Bator (as amicus curiae)
G. Gordon Bonnyman, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
83-727
Petitioner: 
Alexander
Respondent: 
Choate
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
469 U.S. 287 (1985)
Argued: 
Monday, October 1, 1984
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 9, 1985
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Rights of Handicapped

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The Oyez Project, Alexander v. Choate , 469 U.S. 287 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_83_727)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Alexander, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Rehabilitation

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Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall