Alabama v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Auto, JJ., joined, in which Roberts, C. J., joined as to all but Parts II-D and III-B, in which Kennedy and Sotomayor, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-E, in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III-B, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to all but Parts II-C, II-D, and II-E. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Sotomayor, J., joined,…
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Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Auto, JJ., joined, in which Roberts, C. J., joined as to all but Parts II-D and III-B, in which Kennedy and Sotomayor, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-E, in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III-B, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to all but Parts II-C, II-D, and II-E. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Sotomayor, J., joined, post, p. 358. Roberts, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Thomas, J., joined,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
In this case, which arises under our original jurisdiction, U. S. Const., Art. Ill, §2, cl. 2; 28 U. S. C. § 1251(a), we consider nine exceptions submitted by the parties to two reports filed by the Special Master.
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In 1986, Congress granted its consent under the Compact Clause, U. S. Const., Art. I, §10, cl. 3, to seven interstate compacts providing for the creation of regional facilities to dispose of low-level radioactive waste. Omnibus Low-Level Radioactive Waste Interstate Compact Consent Act, 99 Stat. 1859. One of those compacts was the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste…
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