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Gardebring v. Jenkins

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Advocates
John L. Kirwin (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Laurie N. Davison (on behalf of the Respondents)
Paul J. Larkin, Jr. (on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-978
Petitioner: 
Gardebring
Respondent: 
Jenkins
Heard By: 
Rehnquist Court (1987-1988)
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
485 U.S. 415 (1988)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 19, 1988
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Statutory Poverty Law

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The Oyez Project, Gardebring v. Jenkins , 485 U.S. 415 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_978)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Gardebring, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC--provisions of the Social Security Act)

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Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Wrote a dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Did not participate
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens