COEUR ALASKA, INC. v. SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL et al. (2009)

COEUR ALASKA, INC. v. SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL et al.
	Term: 2008
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 2009
	Decided: June 22, 2009
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

COEUR ALASKA, INC. v. SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2009. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 2009.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alaska 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: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Environmental organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 557 U.S. 261
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.