FRANCIS A. ORFF, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (2005) - Ballotpedia

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FRANCIS A. ORFF, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 2004
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 2005
Decided: June 23, 2005
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

FRANCIS A. ORFF, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2005. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 2005.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Eastern 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: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 545 U.S. 596
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: Clarence Thomas

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.

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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