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Burns v. Reed

Docket: 89-1715
Citation: 500 U.S. 478 (1991)
Petitioner: Burns
Respondent: Reed

Case Media

Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, November 28, 1990
Decision: Thursday, May 30, 1991
Issues: Liability, Civil Rights Acts

Advocates

Michael R. Lazerwitz (on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Respondent)
Michael K. Sutherlin (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Robert S. Spear (on behalf of the Respondent)

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 Burns, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Souter
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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The Oyez Project, Burns v. Reed, 500 U.S. 478 (1991),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1715/>
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