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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer - Oral Argument
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Advocates
Robert W. Murdoch (on behalf of Petitioner)
Jerome M. Libenson (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-131
Petitioner: 
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Respondent: 
Pfeifer
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
462 U.S. 523 (1983)
Argued: 
Monday, February 28, 1983
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 15, 1983
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Election of Remedies; Economic Activity, Nongovernmental Liability

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The Oyez Project, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer , 462 U.S. 523 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_131)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation

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Burger
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Brennan
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White
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Marshall
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Blackmun
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Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
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O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens