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Green v. Bock Laundry Machine Co.

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Advocates
Thomas D. Caldwell, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Joseph M. Melillo (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1816
Petitioner: 
Green
Respondent: 
Bock Laundry Machine Co.
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 504 (1989)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 18, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, May 22, 1989
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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The Oyez Project, Green v. Bock Laundry Machine Co. , 490 U.S. 504 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1816)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Bock Laundry Machine Co., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Rules of Evidence

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Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens