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Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los Angeles

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John Haggerty (on behalf of the Respondent)
Zachary D. Fasman (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-840
Petitioner: 
Golden State Transit Corp.
Respondent: 
Los Angeles
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
493 U.S. 103 (1989)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 3, 1989
Decided: 
Tuesday, December 5, 1989
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los Angeles , 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_840)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Golden State Transit Corp., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens