OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE (1985)

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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1985
Decided: July 2, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1985.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: State department or agency
  • Petitioner state: Oregon
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 473 U.S. 753
  • 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.

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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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