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Argued November 26, 2001.
Decided January 9, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David I. Bruck, by appointment of the Court, 534 U.S. 809, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Robert M. Dudek.
S. Creighton Waters, Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Charles M. Condon, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General.
Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined, p. 258. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, p. 262.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.
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