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PEARSON v. DODD et al. (1977)

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PEARSON v. DODD et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1976
Decided: January 12, 1977
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

PEARSON v. DODD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1977. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 429 U.S. 396
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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