COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. MUNOZ et al. (1980)

COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. MUNOZ et al.
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1980
	Decided: December 2, 1980
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. MUNOZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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 Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 449 U.S. 54
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.