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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
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Decided: October 18, 1982
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallSandra Day O'ConnorLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensByron 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.

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