OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION (1995) - Ballotpedia

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OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION

Term: 1994
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1995
Decided: June 14, 1995
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1995. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1995.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oklahoma Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 515 U.S. 450
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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