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Bowen v. Yuckert

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Edwin S. Kneedler (on behalf of the petitioner)
Carole F. Grossman (on behalf of the respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1409
Petitioner: 
Bowen
Respondent: 
Yuckert
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
482 U.S. 137 (1987)
Argued: 
Tuesday, January 13, 1987
Decided: 
Monday, June 8, 1987
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Statutory Poverty Law

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The Oyez Project, Bowen v. Yuckert , 482 U.S. 137 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1409)
(last visited Monday, November 30, 2009).
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Question: 

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.