UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA et al. (LOUISIANA BOUNDARY CASE) (March 17, 1975) - Ballotpedia

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

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1975
Decided: March 17, 1975
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • 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 March 17, 1975. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1975.

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

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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: 420 U.S. 529
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.

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Footnotes

↑ 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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