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1979 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Harrison, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. PPG Industries, Inc., et al.

446 U.S. 578 · 100 S. Ct. 1889 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 37

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-1918
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 578
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1889
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 37

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Harrison, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. PPG Industries, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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