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Abstract

Argument: Monday, January 17, 1977
Decision: Monday, May 23, 1977
Issues: Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Regulation

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Seacoast Products, Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: 46 U.S.C. 251
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall

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The Oyez Project, Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc., 431 U.S. 265 (1977),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_75_1255/>
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