ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. ALLARD et al. (1979) - Ballotpedia

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ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. ALLARD et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 1, 1979
Decided: November 27, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger

ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. ALLARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1979. The case was argued before the court on October 1, 1979.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 444 U.S. 51
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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