DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA v. RIOS (1973) - Ballotpedia

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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA v. RIOS

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Decided: February 26, 1973
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA v. RIOS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1973.

In a 5-4 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 State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 410 U.S. 425
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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