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ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. IDAHO et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1980
Decided: April 16, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. IDAHO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1980. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1980.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho 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: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Idaho
Citation: 445 U.S. 715
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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