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Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson

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Advocates
Stanley M. Chesley (on behalf of the respondents)
Frank C. Woodside, III (on behalf of the petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-619
Petitioner: 
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Respondent: 
Thompson
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
478 U.S. 804 (1986)
Argued: 
Monday, April 28, 1986
Decided: 
Monday, July 7, 1986
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Federal Question

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The Oyez Project, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson , 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_85_619)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Thompson, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 1331

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens