DUGAN et al. v. RANK et al. (1963)

DUGAN et al. v. RANK et al.
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1963
	Decided: April 15, 1963
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

DUGAN et al. v. RANK 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 and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 372 U.S. 609
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.