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Train v. City Of New York

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
73-1377
Petitioner: 
Train
Respondent: 
City Of New York
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
420 U.S. 35 (1975)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 12, 1974
Decided: 
Tuesday, February 18, 1975
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Natural Resources
Categories: 
environment, congress

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The Oyez Project, Train v. City Of New York , 420 U.S. 35 (1975)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1377)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for City Of New York, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Water Pollution Control (Clean Water), plus amendments

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White