CALIFORNIA et al. v. ARC AMERICA CORP. et al. (1989) - Ballotpedia

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CALIFORNIA et al. v. ARC AMERICA CORP. et al.

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1989
Decided: April 18, 1989
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

CALIFORNIA et al. v. ARC AMERICA CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1989. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1989.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 490 U.S. 93
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.

See also

External links

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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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