UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. (1965)

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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: December 13, 1965
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1965.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 7-0 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren 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: Louisiana
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 288
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Decrees
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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