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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. California ex rel. State Water Resources Control Board et al.

426 U.S. 200 · 96 S. Ct. 2022 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 105

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-1435
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 200
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2022
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 105

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. California ex rel. State Water Resources Control Board et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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