TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, PETITIONER v. RUDOLF JOHN HERRMANN, et al. (2013)

TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, PETITIONER v. RUDOLF JOHN HERRMANN, et al.
	Term: 2012
Important Dates
	Argued: April 23, 2013
	Decided: June 13, 2013
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, PETITIONER v. RUDOLF JOHN HERRMANN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 2013. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 2013.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Interstate compact
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 569 U.S. 614
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sonia Sotomayor

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.