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MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al. (1989)

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MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al.
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1989
Decided: April 3, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1989. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Parent or parents
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 490 U.S. 30
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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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