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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: 

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White