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Bowen v. City Of New York

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Edwin S. Kneedler (on behalf of the petitioners)
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. (on behalf of the respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-1923
Petitioner: 
Bowen
Respondent: 
City Of New York
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
476 U.S. 467 (1986)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 26, 1986
Decided: 
Monday, June 2, 1986
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Rights of Handicapped

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The Oyez Project, Bowen v. City Of New York , 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_1923)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for City Of New York, 0 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 majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
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.