MIDDLESEX COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY et al. v. NATIONAL SEA CLAMMERS ASSOCIATION (1981)

MIDDLESEX COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY et al. v. NATIONAL SEA CLAMMERS ASSOCIATION
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1981
	Decided: June 25, 1981
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

MIDDLESEX COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY et al. v. NATIONAL SEA CLAMMERS ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1981. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1981.

In a 7-2 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 New Jersey 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: Fisherman or fishing company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 453 U.S. 1
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: Lewis Powell

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.