CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT et al. v. JAVA et al. (1971) - Ballotpedia

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT et al. v. JAVA et al.

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1971
Decided: April 26, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT et al. v. JAVA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1971. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1971.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Unemployed person or unemployment compensation applicant or claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 402 U.S. 121
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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