ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al. (1983)

ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1983
	Decided: July 1, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1983. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1983.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Arizona
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 463 U.S. 545
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.