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Lockhart v. Nelson

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Advocates
J. Steven Clark (on behalf of the Petitioner)
John Wesley Hall, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1277
Petitioner: 
Lockhart
Respondent: 
Nelson
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
488 U.S. 33 (1988)
Argued: 
Monday, October 3, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, November 14, 1988
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Double Jeopardy

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The Oyez Project, Lockhart v. Nelson , 488 U.S. 33 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1277)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Lockhart, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Double Jeopardy

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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 minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist