BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al. (1943) - Ballotpedia

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1943
Decided: April 19, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1943. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1943.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 318 U.S. 705
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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