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Michigan v. Chesternut

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Carole M. Stanyar (on behalf of the respondent)
Andrea L. Solak (on behalf of the petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-1824
Petitioner: 
Michigan
Respondent: 
Chesternut
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
486 U.S. 567 (1988)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 24, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, June 13, 1988
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure

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The Oyez Project, Michigan v. Chesternut , 486 U.S. 567 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_1824)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Michigan, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment

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Marshall
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Blackmun
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Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's concurrence
Scalia
Wrote a regular concurrence
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun