BRYANT et al. v. YELLEN et al. (1980)

BRYANT et al. v. YELLEN et al.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 1980
	Decided: June 16, 1980
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

BRYANT et al. v. YELLEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1980. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1980.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 447 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.