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Watt v. Alaska

Docket: 79-1890
Citation: 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
Petitioner: Watt
Respondent: Alaska
Consolidated: No. 79-1904

Case Media

Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, January 13, 1981
Decision: Tuesday, April 21, 1981
Issues: Federalism, Miscellaneous

Advocates

Charles K. Cranston (on behalf of the Petitioner, Kenai Peninsula Borough)
Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the Petitioners, Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al)
G. Thomas Koester (on behalf of the Respondents)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

None

Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 6 votes for Alaska, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: 30 U.S.C. 191
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stevens
Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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