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WALTER FLEISHER CO., INC. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al. (1981)

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WALTER FLEISHER CO., INC. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al.
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 1980
Decided: January 26, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

WALTER FLEISHER CO., INC. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1981. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1980.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 449 U.S. 608
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • 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

  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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