The Oyez Project Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building

Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, February 29, 1984
Decision: Tuesday, May 22, 1984
Issues: Federalism, Natural Resources

Advocates

LeRoy Eugene DeVeaux (on behalf of Petitioner)
Ronald W. Lorensen (on behalf of Respondents)
Kathryn A. Obery (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for South-Central Timber Dev., 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 3: Interstate Commerce Clause
Did not participate
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Wrote a special concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
O'Connor
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, South-Central Timber Dev. v. Wunnicke, 467 U.S. 82 (1984),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1608/>
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