CHESEBRO v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al. (1939)

CHESEBRO v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al.
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: February 1, 1939
	Decided: March 27, 1939
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

CHESEBRO v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 306 U.S. 459
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.