MICHIGAN v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (2015)

MICHIGAN v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	Term: 2014
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 2015
	Decided: June 29, 2015
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
	Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

MICHIGAN v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2015. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 2015.

In a 5-4 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: State
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Environmental Protection Agency or Administrator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 576 U.S. 743
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion 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.