PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al. (1968)

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PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1968
Decided: May 27, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 391 U.S. 392
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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