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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, October 12, 1988
Decision: Tuesday, January 10, 1989
Issues: Economic Activity, State Tax

Advocates

Andrew L. Frey (on behalf of the Appellees)
Walter A. Smith, Jr. (on behalf of the Appellants)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Sweet, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 3: Interstate Commerce Clause
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a special concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall

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The Oyez Project, Goldberg v. Sweet, 488 U.S. 252 (1989),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_826/>
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