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Charles Foster Cox argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents. *
[ Footnote * ] Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of California by John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci, Assistant Attorney General, and Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General; and for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. by Fred E. Inbau, Wayne W. Schmidt, James P. Manak, David Crump, and Daniel B. Hales.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
JUSTICE POWELL took no part in the decision of this case. [471 U.S. 146, 147]
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Citation: 471 U.S. 146
Docket No: No. 83-2126
Argued: March 20, 1985
Decided: April 01, 1985
Court: United States Supreme Court
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