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THE CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: January 3, 1938
Decided: January 17, 1938
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland

THE CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1938. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1938.

In an 8-0 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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: 302 U.S. 620
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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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