| Schweiker v. Chilicky | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued March 1, 1988 Decided June 24, 1988 |
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| Full case name | Schweiker, et al. v. Chilicky, et al. | |||||
| Citations | 487 U.S. 412 (more) 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 |
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| Prior history | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Kennedy; Stevens (all but n. 3) | |||||
| Concurrence | Stevens | |||||
| Dissent | 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.