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Frazier v. Heebe

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Curtis R. Boisfontaine (on behalf of the Respondents)
Cornish F. Hitchcock (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-475
Petitioner: 
Frazier
Respondent: 
Heebe
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
482 U.S. 641 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 29, 1987
Decided: 
Friday, June 19, 1987
Issues: 
Attorneys, Admission to a State or Federal Bar, Disbarment, and Attorney Discipline; Civil Rights, Residency Requirements

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The Oyez Project, Frazier v. Heebe , 482 U.S. 641 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_475)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Frazier, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

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Wrote a dissent
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
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.