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OHIO v. WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS CORP. et al. (1971)

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OHIO v. WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS CORP. et al.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1971
Decided: March 23, 1971
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

OHIO v. WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1971.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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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: Ohio
  • Respondent type: Chemical company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 401 U.S. 493
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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