CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION v. SIERRA SUMMIT, INC. (1989)

CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION v. SIERRA SUMMIT, INC.
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1989
	Decided: June 12, 1989
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION v. SIERRA SUMMIT, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1989.

In a 6-3 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Amusement establishment, or recreational facility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 490 U.S. 844
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.