Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al.
Decided May 31, 1994. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 92-1911 · 511 U.S. 700 (1994) · Cited 211 times
Holding
Washington’s minimum stream flow requirement is a permissible condition of a § 401 certification.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 6
- Sandra Day O'Connor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- David Hackett Souter
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 1
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · 495 U.S. 490 (1990)
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
- First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission · 328 U.S. 152 (1946)
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
- Environmental Protection Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control Board · 426 U.S. 200 (1976)
- Arkansas v. Oklahoma · 503 U.S. 91 (1992)
- Cleveland v. United States · 329 U.S. 14 (1946)
- Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians · 466 U.S. 765 (1984)
- Arcadia v. Ohio Power Co. · 498 U.S. 73 (1990)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection · 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
- Rapanos v. United States · 547 U.S. 715 (2006)
- United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
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