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Tompkins v. Texas

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Charles A. Palmer (on behalf of the Respondent)
Emmett B. Lewis, III (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-6405
Petitioner: 
Tompkins
Respondent: 
Texas
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 754 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 6, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, June 5, 1989

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The Oyez Project, Tompkins v. Texas , 490 U.S. 754 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_6405)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 4 votes for Texas, 4 vote(s) against
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