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Summa Corp. v. California Ex Rel. Lands Comm'n

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Summa Corp. v. California Ex Rel. Lands Comm'n - Oral Argument
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Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the U.S. as amicus curiae)
Warren M. Christopher (on behalf of the petitioner)
Nancy Alvarado Saggese (on behalf of the respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-708
Petitioner: 
Summa Corp.
Respondent: 
California Ex Rel. Lands Comm'n
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
466 U.S. 198 (1984)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 29, 1984
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 17, 1984
Issues: 
Due Process, Takings Clause

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The Oyez Project, Summa Corp. v. California Ex Rel. Lands Comm'n , 466 U.S. 198 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_708)
(last visited Monday, October 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Summa Corp., 0 vote(s) against
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