LEO SHEEP CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1979) - Ballotpedia

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LEO SHEEP CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1979
Decided: March 27, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

LEO SHEEP CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1979.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. District 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 440 U.S. 668
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: William Rehnquist

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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