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Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club

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Harold R. Tyler, Jr. (on behalf of Respondent)
Kathryn A. Oberly (on behalf of Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-242
Petitioner: 
Ruckelshaus
Respondent: 
Sierra Club
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
463 U.S. 680 (1983)
Argued: 
Monday, April 25, 1983
Decided: 
Friday, July 1, 1983
Issues: 
Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees

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The Oyez Project, Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club , 463 U.S. 680 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_242)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Ruckelshaus, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Clean Air

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Brennan
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Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Blackmun
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Powell
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Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist