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Ohio Pub. Employees Retirement System v. Betts

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-389
Appellee: 
Betts
Appellant: 
Ohio Pub. Employees Retirement System
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
492 U.S. 158 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 28, 1989
Decided: 
Friday, June 23, 1989
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination

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The Oyez Project, Ohio Pub. Employees Retirement System v. Betts , 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_389)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Ohio Pub. Employees Retirement System, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Age Discrimination in Employment (ADEA)

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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 majority
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O'Connor
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Scalia
Wrote the majority opinion
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Full Opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy