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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al., 373 U.S. 546 (June 3, 1963)

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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1962
Decided: June 3, 1963
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkArthur GoldbergByron White
Dissenting
William DouglasJohn Harlan IIPotter Stewart

ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1963. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1962.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 5-3 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 546
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.

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