Lowenfield v. Phelps

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Advocates
David Klingsberg (on behalf of the petitioner)
John M. Mamoulides (on behalf of the respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-6867
Petitioner: 
Lowenfield
Respondent: 
Phelps
Opinion: 
484 U.S. 231 (1988)

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The Oyez Project, Lowenfield v. Phelps , 484 U.S. 231 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_6867)
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

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Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Phelps, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 8: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist