Supreme Court of the United States
Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian
The Court
The Supreme Court sits as a whole rather than in panels.
- Chief Justice of the United States John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Justice Clarence Thomas
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer
- Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Justice Elena Kagan
- Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
- Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh
Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on April 20, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.
Case history
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April 20, 2020decided Decision issued in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian
Opinions and writings
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2019 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit…
Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. *1345For nearly a century, the Anaconda Copper Smelter in Butte, Montana contaminated an area of over 300 square miles with arsenic and lead. Over the past 35 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has worked with the current owner of the smelter, Atlantic Richfield Company, to…
Justice ALITO, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I agree with the Court that the judgment below must be reversed, and I join all of the Court's opinion except Part II-B. I thus agree with the Court that we possess jurisdiction to decide this case. See ante , at 1349. I also agree that the landowners are potentially responsible parties under § 122(e)(6) of the Comprehensive Environ…