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American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-1
Petitioner: 
American Export Lines, Inc.
Respondent: 
Alvez
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
446 U.S. 274 (1980)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 26, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, May 12, 1980
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Election of Remedies

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The Oyez Project, American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez , 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_1)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Alvez, 0 vote(s) against
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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Brennan
Jurisdictional dissent, joined Marshall's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a jurisdictional dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Powell
Jurisdictional dissent, joined Marshall's dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Judgment of the Court by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.