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CALIFORNIA v. BUZARD (1966)

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CALIFORNIA v. BUZARD
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1965
Decided: January 18, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

CALIFORNIA v. BUZARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 386
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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