Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1971

Pennsylvania v. New York et al.

Decided June 19, 1972. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 40 ORIG · 407 U.S. 206 (1972)

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Decided 6–3.

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