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CROWN SIMPSON PULP CO. v. COSTLE

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Case Basics

Docket No.

79-797

Petitioner

Crown Simpson Pulp Co.

Respondent

Costle

Decided By

Burger Court (1975-1981)

Opinion

445 U.S. 193 (1980)

Decided

Monday, March 17, 1980

Term:

1970-1979
- 1979

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

Decision: 9 votes for Crown Simpson Pulp Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Water Pollution Control (Clean Water), plus amendments

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CROWN SIMPSON PULP CO. v. COSTLE. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 27 April 2013. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_797>.

CROWN SIMPSON PULP CO. v. COSTLE, The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_797 (last visited April 27, 2013).

"CROWN SIMPSON PULP CO. v. COSTLE," The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, accessed April 27, 2013, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_797.