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MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1985
Decided: June 10, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1985.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 472 U.S. 237
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: John Paul Stevens

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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