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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. (1931)

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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al.
Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1931
Decided: May 18, 1931
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1931. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1931.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 283 U.S. 423
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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