Opinion

Brown v. Williams

  • 522 U.S. 1
  • 118 S. Ct. 1
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 20, 1997
Status
Published
Author
Stevens
On the bench
Stevens
Cited by
14 cases
Authority
More cited than 20.9%

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The opinion

Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For reasons previously stated, see Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1, 4 (1992), and cases cited, I respectfully dissent.

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