NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES (1945) - Ballotpedia

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NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1944
Decided: March 12, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts

NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1945. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1944.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 324 U.S. 335
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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