KERN COUNTY LAND CO. v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. (1973) - Ballotpedia

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KERN COUNTY LAND CO. v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1972
Decided: May 7, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

KERN COUNTY LAND CO. v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1972.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: Shareholders to whom a tender offer is made
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tender offer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 411 U.S. 582
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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