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California Equalization Bd. v. Sierra Summit

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Robert F. Tyler, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioner)
David Ray Jenkins (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-681
Petitioner: 
California Equalization Bd.
Respondent: 
Sierra Summit
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 844 (1989)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, June 12, 1989
Issues: 
Federalism, Intergovernmental Tax Immunity

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The Oyez Project, California Equalization Bd. v. Sierra Summit , 490 U.S. 844 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_681)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for California Equalization Bd., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 28 U.S.C. 960

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Jurisdictional dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Jurisdictional dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a jurisdictional dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens