PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. DELAWARE VALLEY CITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR CLEAN AIR et al. (1986)

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PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. DELAWARE VALLEY CITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR CLEAN AIR et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1986
Decided: July 2, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. DELAWARE VALLEY CITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR CLEAN AIR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1986. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
  • Respondent type: Environmental organization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 478 U.S. 546
  • 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: Byron White

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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