CITY OF MILWAUKEE et al. v. ILLINOIS et al. (1981)

CITY OF MILWAUKEE et al. v. ILLINOIS et al.
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1980
	Decided: April 28, 1981
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

CITY OF MILWAUKEE et al. v. ILLINOIS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1981. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 451 U.S. 304
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: William Rehnquist

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.