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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. NEW JERSEY et al. (1978)
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| CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. NEW JERSEY et al. |
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| Term: 1977 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 27, 1978 |
| Decided: June 23, 1978 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Warren Burger • William Rehnquist |
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 June 23, 1978. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1978.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: New Jersey
- Citation: 437 U.S. 617
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart
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.
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