Salyer v. Tulare
Significance
Appellant
Salyer Land Company et al.
Appellee
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
Appellant's Claim
Sections of the California Water Code are unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Thomas Keister Greer
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Robert M. Newell
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
20 March 1973
Decision
California Water Code is not unconstitutional in allowing only landowners their votes in water district elections, or in allocating votes in proportion to land assessment values.
Related Cases
- Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964).
Further Readings
- Biskupic, Joan, and Elder Witt, eds. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1996.
- Seidman, Louis M., Gerald R. Stone, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet. Constitutional Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1986.
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