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Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-686
Petitioner: 
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Respondent: 
Taylor
Consolidation: 
No. 85-688
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
481 U.S. 58 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 21, 1987
Decided: 
Monday, April 6, 1987
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Jurisdiction; Judicial Power, Jurisdiction of Federal Courts

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The Oyez Project, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor , 481 U.S. 58 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_686)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Employee Retirement Income Security

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

Full Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor