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Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Train Dispatchers

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Advocates
Jeffrey S. Berlin (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Jeffrey P. Minear (on behalf of the Federal Respondents supporting the Petitioners)
William G. Mahoney (on behalf of the private Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
89-1027
Petitioner: 
Norfolk & Western R. Co.
Respondent: 
Train Dispatchers
Consolidation: 
No. 89-1028
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1990-1991)
Opinion: 
499 U.S. 117 (1991)
Argued: 
Monday, December 3, 1990
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 19, 1991
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Railroad Regulation

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The Oyez Project, Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Train Dispatchers , 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1027)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Norfolk & Western R. Co., 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Interstate Commerce, as amended

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

Full Opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy