RUCKELSHAUS, ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al. (1983)

RUCKELSHAUS, ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: April 25, 1983
	Decided: July 1, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

RUCKELSHAUS, ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY v. SIERRA CLUB et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1983. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1983.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Environmental Protection Agency or Administrator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Environmental organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 463 U.S. 680
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: William Rehnquist

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.