JAPAN WHALING ASSOCIATION et al. v. AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY et al. (1986)

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JAPAN WHALING ASSOCIATION et al. v. AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 30, 1986
Decided: June 30, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist

JAPAN WHALING ASSOCIATION et al. v. AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Environmental organization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 478 U.S. 221
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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