BORAX CONSOLIDATED, LTD. et al. v. LOS ANGELES (1935)

BORAX CONSOLIDATED, LTD. et al. v. LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: October 23, 1935
	Decided: November 11, 1935
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
	James Clark McReynolds

BORAX CONSOLIDATED, LTD. et al. v. LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1935. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1935.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 296 U.S. 10
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.