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Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1372
Petitioner: 
Argentine Republic
Respondent: 
Amerada Hess Shipping
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
488 U.S. 428 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 6, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, January 23, 1989
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Federal Question

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The Oyez Project, Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping , 488 U.S. 428 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1372)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Argentine Republic, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 1330

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Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist