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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, February 28, 1990
Decision: Tuesday, May 29, 1990
Issues: Due Process, Jurisdiction

Advocates

James O. Devereaux (on behalf of the Respondents)
Richard Sherman (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Due Process
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
White
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
O'Connor
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Judgment of the Court by Justice Antonin Scalia

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The Oyez Project, Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin, 495 U.S. 604 (1990),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_89_44/>
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