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NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE (1983)

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NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1983
Decided: June 13, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1983. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1983.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: New Mexico
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 462 U.S. 324
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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