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CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES (October 18, 1982)

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CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1982 |
Important Dates |
Decided: October 18, 1982 |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 18, 1982.
The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - federal-state ownership dispute (cf. Submerged Lands Act)
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 459 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Original
- What type of decision was made: Decrees
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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