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Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth

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Advocates
Wayne Alan Cross (on behalf of Mitsubishi)
Benjamin Rodriguez-Ramon (on behalf of Soler-Chrysler-Plymouth)
Jerrold Joseph Gansfried (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae in support of Soler Chrysler-Plymouth)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
83-1569
Petitioner: 
Mitsubishi Motors
Respondent: 
Soler Chrysler-Plymouth
Consolidation: 
No. 83-1733
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
473 U.S. 614 (1985)
Argued: 
Monday, March 18, 1985
Decided: 
Tuesday, July 2, 1985
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Arbitration

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The Oyez Project, Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth , 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_83_1569)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Mitsubishi Motors, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 9 U.S.C. 1

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Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun