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Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank

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M. Roland Nachman, Jr. (on behalf of the respondents)
Frank M. Wilson (on behalf of the petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-1616
Petitioner: 
Parsons Steel, Inc.
Respondent: 
First Alabama Bank
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
474 U.S. 518 (1986)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 3, 1985
Decided: 
Monday, January 27, 1986
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Comity, Civil Procedure

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The Oyez Project, Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank , 474 U.S. 518 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_1616)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Parsons Steel, Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 1738

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Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist