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MICHIGAN v. OHIO (1973)

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MICHIGAN v. OHIO
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1972
Decided: February 22, 1973
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerWilliam DouglasThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistPotter StewartByron White

MICHIGAN v. OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1972.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.

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: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Michigan
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 420
  • 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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