Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA et al. (1979)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA et al.
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1979
Decided: February 22, 1979
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1979.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 440 U.S. 59
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CALIFORNIA_v._ARIZONA_et_al._(1979)&oldid=9486574"