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Dawson v. Delaware

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Advocates
Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Bernard J. O'Donnell (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
90-6704
Petitioner: 
Dawson
Respondent: 
Delaware
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1991-1993)
Opinion: 
503 U.S. 159 (1992)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 12, 1991
Decided: 
Monday, March 9, 1992
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: 
eighth amendment, cruel and unusual punishment, capital punishment, freedom of association, freedom of speech, criminal

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The Oyez Project, Dawson v. Delaware , 503 U.S. 159 (1992)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_6704)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Dawson, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Association

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Rehnquist
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White
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
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Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority
Souter
Wrote a dissent
Thomas

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist