Salyer Land Co. et al. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District

Decided March 20, 1973. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1456 · 410 U.S. 719 (1973) · Cited 282 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)
• United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co. · 339 U.S. 725 (1950)
• Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad · 118 U.S. 394 (1886)
• California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co. · 295 U.S. 142 (1935)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Ball v. James · 451 U.S. 355 (1981)
• Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa · 439 U.S. 60 (1978)
• Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc. · 430 U.S. 259 (1977)
• Hill v. Stone · 421 U.S. 289 (1975)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)

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