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MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. RUIZ ET UX.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1973
Decided: February 20, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. RUIZ ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1973.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 415 U.S. 199
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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