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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, October 14, 1975
Decision: Tuesday, December 16, 1975
Issues: Economic Activity, Nongovernmental Liability

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Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 8 votes for American Foreign S. S. Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: 46 U.S.C. 596
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall

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The Oyez Project, American Foreign S. S. Co. v. Matise, 423 U.S. 150 (1975),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_966/>
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