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Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
74-1607
Appellee: 
Alexandria Scrap Corp.
Appellant: 
Hughes
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
426 U.S. 794 (1976)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 21, 1976
Decided: 
Thursday, June 24, 1976
Issues: 
Economic Activity, State Regulation of Business

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The Oyez Project, Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. , 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1607)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Hughes, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 3: Interstate Commerce Clause

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.