Schweiker v. Chilicky

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Schweiker v. Chilicky

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued March 1, 1988
Decided June 24, 1988


Full case name:	Schweiker, et al. v. Chilicky, et al.

Citations:	487 U.S. 412; 108 S. Ct. 2460; 101 L. Ed. 2d 370; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2872; 56 U.S.L.W. 4767; 53 Cal. Comp. Cas 597; Unemployment Ins. Rep. (CCH) P17,999

Prior history:	Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Holding

Court membership

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy

Case opinions

Majority by: O'Connor
Joined by: Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Kennedy; Stevens (all but n. 3)
Concurrence by: Stevens
Dissent by: Brennan
Joined by: Marshall, Blackmun

Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court decision that established limitations on implied causes of action. The Court determined that a cause of action would not be implied for the violation of rights where the U.S. Congress had already provided a remedy for the violation of rights at issue, even if the remedy was inadequate.