ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. TOLTEC WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (1973)

ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. TOLTEC WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1973
	Decided: March 20, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. TOLTEC WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Respondent state: Wyoming
Citation: 410 U.S. 743
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.