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UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA (May 15, 1978)

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UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1978
Decided: May 15, 1978
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1978. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1978.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 5-3 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 32
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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