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Lyng v. Automobile Workers

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Advocates
Lawrence S. Robbins (on behalf of the Appellant)
Richard Walker Mc Hugh (on behalf of the Appellees)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-1471
Appellee: 
Automobile Workers
Appellant: 
Lyng
Heard By: 
Rehnquist Court (1987-1988)
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
485 U.S. 360 (1988)
Argued: 
Monday, December 7, 1987
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 23, 1988
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Constitutional Poverty Law

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The Oyez Project, Lyng v. Automobile Workers , 485 U.S. 360 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_1471)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Lyng, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 7 U.S.C. 2015

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Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Did not participate
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White