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CITY OF FRESNO v. CALIFORNIA et al. (1963)
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| CITY OF FRESNO v. CALIFORNIA et al. |
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| Term: 1962 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 7, 1963 |
| Decided: April 15, 1963 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
CITY OF FRESNO v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1963. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1963.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: California
- Citation: 372 U.S. 627
- 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: Tom Clark
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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