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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	WALKER L. CHANDLER, et al. v. ZELL D. MILLER, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 15, 1997
Date Argument	January 14, 1997
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	520 U.S. 305 117 S. Ct. 1295 1997 U.S. LEXIS 2505 137 L. Ed. 2d 513
Docket	96-126

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Georgia Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Petitioner	political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent	governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact Georgia

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	PRIVACY Privacy (cf. Libel, Comity: Privacy) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourth Amendment
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas Ginsburg Breyer dissent Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1996-044-01

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