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Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Silkwood_v._Kerr-McGee_Corp.
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation
464 U.S. 238
gptkbp:courtTerm
gptkb:Burger_Court
gptkbp:date
1984
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:fullName
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corporation
gptkbp:heldBy
Federal law does not preempt state-authorized punitive damages in nuclear safety cases.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
gptkbp:legalSubject
nuclear safety
punitive damages
federal preemption
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkbp:petitioner
Karen Silkwood's estate
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Karen_Silkwood
gptkb:Kerr-McGee_Corporation
gptkbp:response
gptkb:Kerr-McGee_Corporation
gptkbp:subject
workplace safety
nuclear industry regulation
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Estate_of_Karen_Silkwood,_Deceased,_v._Kerr-McGee_Corporation_et_al.
gptkb:Silkwood_v._Kerr-McGee
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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