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Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund

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Charles Stephen Ralston (on behalf of the respondent)
Rex E. Lee (on behalf of the petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-312
Petitioner: 
Cornelius
Respondent: 
NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
473 U.S. 788 (1985)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 19, 1985
Decided: 
Tuesday, July 2, 1985
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: 
forum, freedom of speech, first amendment
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund , 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_84_312)
(last visited Friday, March 19, 2010).
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Decisions

Decision: 4 votes for Cornelius, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Did not participate
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Wrote the majority opinion
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

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