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Edwards v. Aguillard

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 19, 1987No. 85-1513PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

482 U.S. 578 (1987)

EDWARDS, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.

v.

AGUILLARD ET AL.

No. 85-1513.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued December 10, 1986

Decided June 19, 1987

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

Wendell R. Bird, Special Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were A. Morgan Brian, Jr., and Thomas T. Anderson, Special Assistant Attorneys General, Kendall L. Vick, and Patricia Nalley Bowers, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana.

Jay Topkis argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was John…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in the judgment; Dissent.

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