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MATCH-E-BE-NASH-SHE-WISH BAND OF POTTAWATOMI INDIANS v. PATCHAK

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 2012
Decided: June 18, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Sonia Sotomayor

MATCH-E-BE-NASH-SHE-WISH BAND OF POTTAWATOMI INDIANS v. PATCHAK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 2012. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 2012.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: statutory standing
Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Private person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 567 U.S. 209
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Elena Kagan

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

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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