DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION v. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS (2016) - Ballotpedia

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DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION v. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 2015
Decided: June 23, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION v. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2016. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 2015.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Juvenile
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 579 U.S. 545
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
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. 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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