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New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. New Orleans

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Clinton A. Vince (on behalf of Respondents)
Richard J. Lazarus (as amici curiae, supporting Petitioner)
Rex E. Lee (on behalf of Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-348
Petitioner: 
New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc.
Respondent: 
New Orleans
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
491 U.S. 350 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 25, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, June 19, 1989
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Comity, Civil Procedure

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The Oyez Project, New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. New Orleans , 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_348)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Abstention Doctrine

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Wrote a special concurrence
Rehnquist
Wrote a regular concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote the majority opinion
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia