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Universities Research Assn. v. Coutu

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Advocates
Robert E. Mann (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Robert Jay Nye (on behalf of the Respondents)
Harriet S. Shapiro (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1945
Petitioner: 
Universities Research Assn.
Respondent: 
Coutu
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
450 U.S. 754 (1981)
Argued: 
Monday, November 10, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, April 6, 1981
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Standing to Sue, Private or Implied Cause of Action

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The Oyez Project, Universities Research Assn. v. Coutu , 450 U.S. 754 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_78_1945)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
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Question: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Universities Research Assn., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 40 U.S.C. 276

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Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun