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Tashjian v. Republican Party Of Connecticut

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Advocates
Elliot F. Gerson (on behalf of the Appellant)
David S. Golub (on behalf of the Appellees)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-766
Appellee: 
Republican Party Of Connecticut
Appellant: 
Tashjian
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
479 U.S. 208 (1986)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 8, 1986
Decided: 
Wednesday, December 10, 1986
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Ballot Access

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The Oyez Project, Tashjian v. Republican Party Of Connecticut , 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_766)
(last visited Sunday, November 1, 2009).
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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Republican Party Of Connecticut, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Association

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Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
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Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
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Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
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Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall