SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC. (1986) - Ballotpedia

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SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1985
Decided: June 2, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor

SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1986. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1985.

In a 6-3 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 South Carolina U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 476 U.S. 498
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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External links

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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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