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CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES (1962)

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CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1962
Decided: June 4, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1962. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1962.

In a 4-4 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 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 370 U.S. 157
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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