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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	BENDIX AUTOLITE CORP. v. MIDWESCO ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 17, 1988
Date Argument	March 23, 1988
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	486 U.S. 888 108 S. Ct. 2218 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2734 100 L. Ed. 2d 896
Docket	87-367

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Ohio Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Petitioner	injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent	out of state noncriminal defendant

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	DUE PROCESS Due Process: Jurisdiction (jurisdiction Over Non-resident Litigants) CONSTITUTION Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 3 (interstate commerce clause)
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Brennan White Marshall Blackmun Stevens O'Connor Kennedy special concurrence Scalia dissent Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1987-123-01

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