ILLINOIS v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, et al. (1972)

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ILLINOIS v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1972
Decided: April 24, 1972
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerWilliam DouglasThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistPotter StewartByron White

ILLINOIS v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1972. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1972.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Wisconsin
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 91
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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 Douglas

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.

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