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Shearson/American Express Inc. v. Mcmahon

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Theodore Grant Eppenstein (on behalf of the respondents)
Theodore A. Krebsbach (on behalf of the petitioners)
Richard G. Taranto (as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-44
Petitioner: 
Shearson/American Express Inc.
Respondent: 
Mcmahon
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
482 U.S. 220 (1987)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 3, 1987
Decided: 
Monday, June 8, 1987
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Arbitration; Economic Activity, Federal Regulation of Securities

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The Oyez Project, Shearson/American Express Inc. v. Mcmahon , 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_44)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Shearson/American Express Inc., 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 9 U.S.C. 1

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