RICE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA v. REHNER (1983)

RICE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA v. REHNER
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: March 21, 1983
	Decided: July 1, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

RICE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA v. REHNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1983. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1983.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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 Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Establishment serving liquor by the glass, or package liquor store
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 463 U.S. 713
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.