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October Term 1987 · decided Jun 6, 1988

Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.

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Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc, OT 1987, June 6, 1988.
Citation: 486 U.S. 399.
Vote: 9 to 0.
Issue area: Federalism.

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Decided 1988-06-06 (October Term 1987). Citation: 486 U.S. 399. Vote: 9–0. Issue area: Federalism. (Metadata from the Supreme Court Database.)

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