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SOUTH DAKOTA v. NEBRASKA et al. (1982)

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SOUTH DAKOTA v. NEBRASKA et al. |
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Term: 1981 |
Important Dates |
Decided: June 28, 1982 |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
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