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NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al. (1976)

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NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1976
Decided: May 19, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun

NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1976.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 649
  • 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: 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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