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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. (1936)

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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. |
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Term: 1935 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 28, 1936 |
Decided: May 25, 1936 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1936. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1936.
In a 9-0 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Non-real property dispute between states
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Arizona
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: California
- Citation: 298 U.S. 558
- 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: Harlan Fiske Stone
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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