ILLINOIS v. MISSOURI (1970)

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ILLINOIS v. MISSOURI
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: June 22, 1970
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerWilliam DouglasJohn Harlan IIThurgood MarshallPotter StewartByron White

ILLINOIS v. MISSOURI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1970.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 8-0 ruling.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 399 U.S. 146
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Decrees
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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