Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co.
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Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. was a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision that briefly allowed Congress to subject states to private suits for damages under its Article I powers before being later overruled.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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federal courts case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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environmental law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1989-02-27 ⓘ |
| citation | 491 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
John Paul Stevens
NERFINISHED
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William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concurrenceInJudgmentBy | Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1989-06-29 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 87-1241 ⓘ |
| holding | Congress may subject nonconsenting states to suits for money damages in federal court when acting pursuant to its Article I Commerce Clause powers ⓘ |
| holdingType | plurality decision ⓘ |
| impact | temporarily expanded Congress's ability to abrogate state sovereign immunity under Article I ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Congressional abrogation of state sovereign immunity
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Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity NERFINISHED ⓘ scope of Article I powers ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledBy | Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledByDecisionDate | 1996-03-27 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pluralityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | overruled ⓘ |
| privateParty | Union Gas Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1989-04-24 ⓘ |
| relatedConstitutionalProvision |
Article I of the United States Constitution
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Commerce Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Union Gas Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateParty | Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted |
CERCLA
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | liability for environmental cleanup costs ⓘ |
| subsequentInterpretation | limited and rejected by Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ |
| volume | 491 ⓘ |
| vote | 5-4 ⓘ |
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