WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. ROMERO-BARCELO et al. (1982)

WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. ROMERO-BARCELO et al.
	Term: 1981
Important Dates
	Argued: February 23, 1982
	Decided: April 27, 1982
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. ROMERO-BARCELO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1982. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1982.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Puerto Rico 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: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Puerto Rico
Citation: 456 U.S. 305
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.