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CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES (1947)

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CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1946 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 14, 1947 |
Decided: February 17, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy |
CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1947. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1947.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 330 U.S. 169
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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