The Oyez Project Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building

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 Ideology)

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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
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Watt v. Alaska, 451 U.S. 259 (1981),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_1890/>
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