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Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Owcp

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Advocates
Richard W. Turner (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Elinor Hadley Stillman (on behalf of the Federal Respondent)
Leslie Scherr (on behalf of Respondent Terry M. Cross, Jr)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-816
Petitioner: 
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Respondent: 
Director, Owcp
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
449 U.S. 268 (1980)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 8, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, December 15, 1980
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Election of Remedies

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The Oyez Project, Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Owcp , 449 U.S. 268 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_816)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Potomac Electric Power Co., 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens