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Legal Citation: 410 U.S. 719 (1973)

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...