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HUGHES v. OKLAHOMA (1979)

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HUGHES v. OKLAHOMA
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1979
Decided: April 24, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

HUGHES v. OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1979.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
  • Petitioner: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 441 U.S. 322
  • 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: William Brennan

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.

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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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