ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al. (1998)

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ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al. |
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Term: 1997 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 10, 1997 |
Decided: February 25, 1998 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1998. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1997.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Alaska
- Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 522 U.S. 520
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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