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BALDWIN et al. v. FISH AND GAME COMMISSION OF MONTANA et al.

Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 1977
Decided: May 23, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

BALDWIN et al. v. FISH AND GAME COMMISSION OF MONTANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1977.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
Petitioner: Nonresident
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Montana
Citation: 436 U.S. 371
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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