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Kelly v. Robinson

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Advocates
Carl J. Schuman (on behalf of Petitioners)
Francis X. Dineen (on behalf of Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1033
Petitioner: 
Kelly
Respondent: 
Robinson
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
479 U.S. 36 (1986)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 8, 1986
Decided: 
Wednesday, November 12, 1986
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Bankruptcy

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The Oyez Project, Kelly v. Robinson , 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1033)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Kelly, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Act or Rules, or Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.