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Ricketts v. Adamson

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Advocates
Roy T. Englert, Jr. (as amicus curiae, supporting Petitioners)
William J. Schafer, III (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Timothy K. Ford (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-6
Petitioner: 
Ricketts
Respondent: 
Adamson
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
483 U.S. 1 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 1, 1987
Decided: 
Monday, June 22, 1987
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Double Jeopardy

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The Oyez Project, Ricketts v. Adamson , 483 U.S. 1 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_6)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Ricketts, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Double Jeopardy

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White