CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. EDWIN F. DAVID (2003)

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CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. EDWIN F. DAVID |
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Term: 2002 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 19, 2003 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. EDWIN F. DAVID is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 2003.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 538 U.S. 715
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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