PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. DELAWARE VALLEY CITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR CLEAN AIR et al. (1987) - Ballotpedia

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

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1986
Decided: June 26, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

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 June 26, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: 483 U.S. 711
How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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