CITY OF EL PASO v. SIMMONS (1965)

CITY OF EL PASO v. SIMMONS
	Term: 1964
Important Dates
	Argued: November 17, 1964
	Decided: January 18, 1965
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
	Hugo Black

CITY OF EL PASO v. SIMMONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1965. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1964.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 379 U.S. 497
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.