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Legal Citation: 438 U.S. 234 (1978)

Petitioner
Allied Structural Steel Company, an Illinois corporation

Respondent
Warren Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota

Petitioner's Claim
That a Minnesota statute governing pensions and benefits protection violated the Contract Clause in Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
George B. Christensen

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Byron E. Starns, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Minnesota

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White (Harry A. Blackmun did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 June 1978