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Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatl.

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-479
Petitioner: 
Edmonds
Respondent: 
Compagnie Generale Transatl.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
443 U.S. 256 (1979)
Argued: 
Monday, March 19, 1979
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 27, 1979
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Nongovernmental Liability

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The Oyez Project, Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatl. , 443 U.S. 256 (1979)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_78_479)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Edmonds, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White