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Chicago & N. W. Tr. Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile

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Advocates
M. Gene Blackburn (on behalf of the Respondent)
Henri F. Rush, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioner as amicus curiae)
Bruce E. Johnson (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-1336
Petitioner: 
Chicago & N. W. Tr. Co.
Respondent: 
Kalo Brick & Tile
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
450 U.S. 311 (1981)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 9, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, March 9, 1981
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Jurisdiction

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The Oyez Project, Chicago & N. W. Tr. Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile , 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_1336)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Chicago & N. W. Tr. Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Interstate Commerce, as amended

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Burger
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Brennan
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Stewart
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White
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Marshall
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Blackmun
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Powell
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Rehnquist
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Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall