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Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States

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Carolyn F. Corwin (on behalf of the Respondent)
Warner W. Gardner (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1181
Petitioner: 
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
460 U.S. 190 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 30, 1982
Decided: 
Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Governmental Liability

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The Oyez Project, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States , 460 U.S. 190 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1181)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Employees' Compensation

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

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.