Legal Opinion
Smith v. Wade
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1983No. 81-1196PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
461 U.S. 30 (1983)
SMITH
v.
WADE
No. 81-1196.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued November 10, 1982.
Decided April 20, 1983.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Robert Presson argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were John Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri, and Paul Robert Otto, Assistant Attorney General.
Bradley H. Lockenvitz argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · BrennanJustice Brennan
We granted certiorari in this case, 456 U. S. 924 (1982), to decide whether the District Court for the Western District of Missouri applied the correct legal standard…
Also in this document: Dissent · Rehnquist; Dissent · O'Connor.
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