CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. NEW JERSEY et al. (1977)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. NEW JERSEY et al.
	Term: 1976
Important Dates
	Argued: November 3, 1976
	Decided: February 23, 1977
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. NEW JERSEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1976.

In a 5-4 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 New Jersey State Trial 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: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 430 U.S. 141
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.