JOHN A. RAPANOS, ET UX., et al. v. UNITED STATES (2006)

JOHN A. RAPANOS, ET UX., et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 2005
Important Dates
	Argued: February 21, 2006
	Decided: June 19, 2006
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Antonin Scalia
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

JOHN A. RAPANOS, ET UX., et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 2006. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 2006.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 547 U.S. 715
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.