FRI, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al. (1973) - Ballotpedia

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FRI, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al.

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1973
Decided: June 11, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

FRI, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1973. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1973.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia 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: Environmental Protection Agency or Administrator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Environmental organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 412 U.S. 541
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
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 unspecifiable.

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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