METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. et al. v. PEOPLE AGAINST NUCLEAR ENERGY et al. (1983)

METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. et al. v. PEOPLE AGAINST NUCLEAR ENERGY et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: March 1, 1983
	Decided: April 19, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan

METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. et al. v. PEOPLE AGAINST NUCLEAR ENERGY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1983. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1983.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Environmental organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 460 U.S. 766
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: William Rehnquist

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.