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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Crown Simpson Pulp Co. et al. v. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

445 U.S. 193 · 100 S. Ct. 1093 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 28

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-797
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 193
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1093
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Crown Simpson Pulp Co. et al. v. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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