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Bowen v. Owens

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Carolyn B. Kuhl (on behalf of the appellant)
Gill Deford (on behalf of the appellees)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-1905
Appellee: 
Owens
Appellant: 
Bowen
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
476 U.S. 340 (1986)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 26, 1986
Decided: 
Monday, May 19, 1986
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Constitutional Poverty Law

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The Oyez Project, Bowen v. Owens , 476 U.S. 340 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_1905)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Bowen, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Social Security, as amended, including Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, but excluding Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.