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Hewitt v. Helms

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Advocates
Robert Harold Vesely (on behalf of the Respondents)
Thomas G. Saylor, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Lawrence G. Wallace (as amicus curiae supporting Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1630
Petitioner: 
Hewitt
Respondent: 
Helms
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
482 U.S. 755 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, March 4, 1987
Decided: 
Friday, June 19, 1987
Issues: 
Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees

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The Oyez Project, Hewitt v. Helms , 482 U.S. 755 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1630)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Hewitt, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards

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

Full Opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia