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SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR et al. v. CALIFORNIA et al.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1983
Decided: January 11, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR et al. v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1984. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1983.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 464 U.S. 312
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.

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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