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Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co. v. Schwalb

Docket: 87-1979
Citation: 493 U.S. 40 (1989)
Petitioner: Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co.
Respondent: Schwalb
Consolidated: No. 88-127

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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, October 3, 1989
Decision: Tuesday, November 28, 1989
Issues: Economic Activity, Election of Remedies

Advocates

Christine A. Desan-Husson (on behalf of United States, as amicus curiae, supporting Petitioners)
William T. Prince (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Bruce A. Wilcox (on behalf of Respondents)

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 Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_87_1979/>
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