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Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.

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Anthony M. Radice (on behalf of the Respondent)
Stuart R. Lefstein (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-499
Petitioner: 
Christianson
Respondent: 
Colt Industries Operating Corp.
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
486 U.S. 800 (1988)
Argued: 
Monday, April 18, 1988
Decided: 
Friday, June 17, 1988
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Jurisdiction of Federal Courts of Appeals

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The Oyez Project, Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. , 486 U.S. 800 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_87_499)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Christianson, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 1245

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Marshall
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Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.