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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION v. CARMEN VELAZQUEZ, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	February 28, 2001
Date Argument	October 04, 2000
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	531 U.S. 533 121 S. Ct. 1043 2001 U.S. LEXIS 1954 149 L. Ed. 2d 63
Docket	99-603

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	New York Southern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Petitioner	Legal Services Corporation
Respondent	attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Thomas
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTE (VOLUME AND PAGE OF SESSION LAWS) 110 Stat. 1321
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Thomas

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2000-028-01

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