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Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co. v. Schwalb

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Advocates
William T. Prince (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Christine A. Desan-Husson (on behalf of United States, as amicus curiae, supporting Petitioners)
Bruce A. Wilcox (on behalf of Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1979
Petitioner: 
Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co.
Respondent: 
Schwalb
Consolidation: 
No. 88-127
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
493 U.S. 40 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 3, 1989
Decided: 
Tuesday, November 28, 1989
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Election of Remedies

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The Oyez Project, Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co. v. Schwalb , 493 U.S. 40 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_87_1979)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White