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SOUTH DAKOTA v. NEBRASKA et al. (1982)

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SOUTH DAKOTA v. NEBRASKA et al.
Term: 1981
Important Dates
Decided: June 28, 1982
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallSandra Day O'ConnorLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensByron White

SOUTH DAKOTA v. NEBRASKA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1982.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: South Dakota
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nebraska
  • Citation: 458 U.S. 276
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Decrees
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 unspecifiable.

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