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Dawson v. Delaware

Docket: 90-6704
Citation: 503 U.S. 159 (1992)
Petitioner: Dawson
Respondent: Delaware

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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, November 12, 1991
Decision: Monday, March 9, 1992
Issues: First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: capital punishment, criminal, cruel and unusual punishment, eighth amendment, freedom of association, freedom of speech

Advocates

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Bernard J. O'Donnell (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

None

Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 8 votes for Dawson, 1 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Association
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Souter
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Wrote a dissent
Thomas
Full Opinion by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

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The Oyez Project, Dawson v. Delaware, 503 U.S. 159 (1992),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_6704/>
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