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Browning-Ferris Industries v. Kelco Disposal

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Browning-Ferris Industries v. Kelco Disposal - Oral Argument
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Advocates
H. Bartow Farr, III (on behalf of Respondents)
Andrew L. Frey (on behalf of Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-556
Petitioner: 
Browning-Ferris Industries
Respondent: 
Kelco Disposal
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
492 U.S. 257 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 18, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, June 26, 1989
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Punitive Damages Liability
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Browning-Ferris Industries v. Kelco Disposal , 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_556)
(last visited Saturday, March 20, 2010).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Kelco Disposal, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Prohibition of Excessive Fines

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

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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