FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. TREASURE SALVORS, INC., et al. (1982)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. TREASURE SALVORS, INC., et al.
	Term: 1981
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1982
	Decided: July 1, 1982
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	John Paul Stevens
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
	William Brennan
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. TREASURE SALVORS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1982. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 458 U.S. 670
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.