ARKANSAS, et al. v. OKLAHOMA, et al. (1992) - Ballotpedia

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ARKANSAS, et al. v. OKLAHOMA, et al.

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1991
Decided: February 26, 1992
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White

ARKANSAS, et al. v. OKLAHOMA, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1992. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1991.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Arkansas
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Oklahoma
Citation: 503 U.S. 91
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: John Paul Stevens

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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