UNITED STATES ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS v. HAWKES CO., INC. (2016) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS v. HAWKES CO., INC.

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 2016
Decided: May 31, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS v. HAWKES CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 2016. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 2016.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Army
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 578 U.S. 590
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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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