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CALIFORNIA v. TEXAS (1978)
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| CALIFORNIA v. TEXAS |
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| Term: 1977 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 29, 1978 |
| Decided: June 22, 1978 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| William Brennan • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart |
CALIFORNIA v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1978. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1978.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: interpleader
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Texas
- Citation: 437 U.S. 601
- How the court took jurisdiction: Original
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- 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 conservative.
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