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Legal Citation: 420 U.S. 35 (1975)

Appellant
Russell E. Train, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Appellee
City of New York

Appellant's Claim
That the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not have to allot federal funds in their entirety to states according to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Robert H. Bork, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
John R. Thompson

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington D.C.

Date of Decision
18 February 1975

Decision
The...