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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Pennsylvania et al. v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air et al.

478 U.S. 546 · 106 S. Ct. 3088 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
85-5
U.S. Reports
478 U.S. 546
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 3088
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pennsylvania et al. v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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