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Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the Respondent)
E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-473
Petitioner: 
Gwaltney
Respondent: 
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1987-1988)
Opinion: 
484 U.S. 49 (1987)
Argued: 
Monday, October 5, 1987
Decided: 
Tuesday, December 1, 1987
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Natural Resources; Judicial Power, Standing to Sue, Private or Implied Cause of Action

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The Oyez Project, Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation , 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_473)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Gwaltney, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Water Pollution Control (Clean Water), plus amendments

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's concurrence
O'Connor
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall