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WASHINGTON et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al. (1972)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
WASHINGTON et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1972
Decided: April 24, 1972
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

WASHINGTON et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1972. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1972.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 8-0 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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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: Washington
  • Respondent type: Auto manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 109
  • 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: William Douglas

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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