Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
483 U.S. 711 · Decided June 26, 1987 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air was decided on June 26, 1987 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. Justice Byron R. White wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Attorneys' and officials' fees, compensation, or licenses” in the Attorneys area.
Read the opinion
Case details
- Citations
- 483 U.S. 711 · 107 S. Ct. 3078 · 97 L. Ed. 2d 585 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2979
- Docket number
- 85-5
- Decided
- June 26, 1987
- Argued
- March 3, 1986
- Reargued
- October 15, 1986
- Court era
- Rehnquist Court
- Decision type
- Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Byron R. White
- Opinion assigned by
- William H. Rehnquist
- How the case arrived
- Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
- Issue area
- Attorneys
- Legal provision
- Clean Air Act
- Type of law
- Federal statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Conservative what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Judgment of the Court | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Dissent | |
| Justice Harry A. Blackmun | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. | Majority | |
| Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist | Majority | |
| Justice John Paul Stevens | Dissent | |
| Justice Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Antonin Scalia | Majority |
Full case caption
Pennsylvania et al. v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1986-160, docket 1986-160-01.
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