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First Nat. City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio

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Advocates
Michael Krinsky (on behalf of the Respondent)
Henry Harfield (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Richard G. Wilkins (for U.S. as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-984
Petitioner: 
First Nat. City Bank
Respondent: 
Banco Para El Comercio
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
462 U.S. 611 (1983)
Argued: 
Monday, March 28, 1983
Decided: 
Friday, June 17, 1983
Issues: 
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous

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The Oyez Project, First Nat. City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio , 462 U.S. 611 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_984)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for First Nat. City Bank, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

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

Full Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor