1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Watt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Western Nuclear, Inc.
462 U.S. 36 · 103 S. Ct. 2218 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 46
The record
- Term
- 1982
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 81-1686
- U.S. Reports
- 462 U.S. 36
- S. Ct. citation
- 103 S. Ct. 2218
- LEXIS citation
- 1983 U.S. LEXIS 46
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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