SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES, 316 U.S. 286 (May 11, 1942) - Ballotpedia

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SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1942
Decided: May 11, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Robert Jackson

SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 11, 1942. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1942.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 286
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: Frank Murphy

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.

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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