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Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.

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David Boies (on behalf of Appellee)
Laurence H. Tribe (on behalf of Appellant)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1798
Appellee: 
Texaco Inc.
Appellant: 
Pennzoil Co.
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
481 U.S. 1 (1987)
Argued: 
Monday, January 12, 1987
Decided: 
Monday, April 6, 1987
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Comity, Civil Procedure

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The Oyez Project, Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc. , 481 U.S. 1 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1798)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Pennzoil Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Abstention Doctrine

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a special concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Brennan's concurrence, joined Stevens' concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's concurrence
O'Connor
Wrote a regular concurrence
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.