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Sawyer v. Smith

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Advocates
Dorothy A. Pendergast (on behalf of the Respondent)
Catherine Hancock (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
89-5809
Petitioner: 
Sawyer
Respondent: 
Smith
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
497 U.S. 227 (1990)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 25, 1990
Decided: 
Thursday, June 21, 1990
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Habeas Corpus

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The Oyez Project, Sawyer v. Smith , 497 U.S. 227 (1990)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_89_5809)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Smith, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

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

Full Opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy