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Tull v. United States

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Richard N. Nageotte (on behalf of Petitioner)
Lawrence G. Wallace (on behalf of Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1259
Petitioner: 
Tull
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
481 U.S. 412 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 21, 1987
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 28, 1987
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Jury Trial

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The Oyez Project, Tull v. United States , 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1259)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Tull, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 7: Seventh Amendment

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

Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.