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Legal Citation: 505 U.S. 144 (1992)

Petitioners
State of New York; County of Allegany, New York; County of Cortland, New York

Respondent
United States et al.

Petitioners' Claim
That the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act Amendments of 1985, which regulated states' management of nuclear waste, violated the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers for the states, as well as the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General of New York

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Wallace, U.S. Deputy Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White