IVANHOE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. MCCRACKEN et al. (1958) - Ballotpedia

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IVANHOE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. MCCRACKEN et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1958
Decided: June 23, 1958
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

IVANHOE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. MCCRACKEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1958.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 357 U.S. 275
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.

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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