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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. (LOUISIANA BOUNDARY CASE) (1971)

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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. (LOUISIANA BOUNDARY CASE) |
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Term: 1971 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 14, 1971 |
Decided: December 20, 1971 |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. (LOUISIANA BOUNDARY CASE) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1971. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1971.
The U.S. Supreme Court made a 7-0 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.
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: 404 U.S. 388
- How the court took jurisdiction: Original
- What type of decision was made: Decrees
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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