CITY OF WEST COVINA v. LAWRENCE PERKINS et al. (1999)

CITY OF WEST COVINA v. LAWRENCE PERKINS et al.
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: November 3, 1998
	Decided: January 13, 1999
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

CITY OF WEST COVINA v. LAWRENCE PERKINS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1999. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: 525 U.S. 234
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.