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Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital

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Ronald N. Sutter (on behalf of the Respondents)
Richard J. Lazarus (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1097
Petitioner: 
Bowen
Respondent: 
Georgetown University Hospital
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
488 U.S. 204 (1988)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 11, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, December 12, 1988
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Judicial Review

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The Oyez Project, Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital , 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1097)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Georgetown University Hospital, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Medicare--provisions of the Social Security Act

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Marshall
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Blackmun
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O'Connor
Wrote a regular concurrence
Scalia
Wrote the majority opinion
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Full Opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy