AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. et al. v. VILLAGE OF GAMBELL et al. (1987)

AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. et al. v. VILLAGE OF GAMBELL et al.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1987
	Decided: March 24, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. et al. v. VILLAGE OF GAMBELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1987.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Alaska
Citation: 480 U.S. 531
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.