ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. SHELL OIL CO. et al. (1980) - Ballotpedia

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ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. SHELL OIL CO. et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1980
Decided: June 2, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. SHELL OIL CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 446 U.S. 657
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: Warren Burger

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.

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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