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STATE OF NEBRASKA v. STATES OF WYOMING AND COLORADO (1993)

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STATE OF NEBRASKA v. STATES OF WYOMING AND COLORADO
Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1993
Decided: April 20, 1993
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunAnthony KennedySandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterJohn Paul StevensClarence ThomasByron White

STATE OF NEBRASKA v. STATES OF WYOMING AND COLORADO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1993. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1993.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Non-real property dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Nebraska
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Wyoming
  • Citation: 507 U.S. 584
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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