PAUL, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. UNITED STATES (1963)

PAUL, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1962
	Decided: January 14, 1963
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
	Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

PAUL, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1963. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1962.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 371 U.S. 245
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.