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World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1078
Petitioner: 
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp.
Respondent: 
Woodson
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
444 U.S. 286 (1980)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Decided: 
Monday, January 21, 1980
Issues: 
Due Process, Jurisdiction
Categories: 
jurisdiction

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson , 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1078)
(last visited Tuesday, October 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for World-Wide Volkswagen Corp., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White