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CALIFORNIA et al. v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY CO. et al. (1978)

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CALIFORNIA et al. v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY CO. et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1977
Decided: May 31, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

CALIFORNIA et al. v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1978. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1977.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 519
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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