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SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND CITY OF COMPTON

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Case Basics

Docket No.

78-1577

Petitioner

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Respondent

County of Los Angeles and City of Compton

Heard By

Burger Court (1975-1981)

Argued

Tuesday, January 15, 1980

Advocates

James Dexter Clark

(on behalf of respondents)

Ernest J. Brown

(on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)

Andrew S. Garb

(on behalf of the petitioners)

Term:

1970-1979
- 1979

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Argument

Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. County of Los Angeles and City of Compton - Oral Argument

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Conclusion

None

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SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND CITY OF COMPTON. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 27 April 2013. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1577>.

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND CITY OF COMPTON, The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1577 (last visited April 27, 2013).

"SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND CITY OF COMPTON," The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, accessed April 27, 2013, http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1577.