SUMMA CORP. v. CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION et al. (1984)

SUMMA CORP. v. CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: February 29, 1984
	Decided: April 17, 1984
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

SUMMA CORP. v. CALIFORNIA ex rel. STATE LANDS COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1984. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1984.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 466 U.S. 198
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.