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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency v. Sierra Club et al.

463 U.S. 680 · 103 S. Ct. 3274 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 103

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-242
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 680
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 3274
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 103

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency v. Sierra Club et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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