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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STATE OF MAINE et al. (1996)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STATE OF MAINE et al.
Term: 1995
Important Dates
Decided: February 26, 1996
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STATE OF MAINE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1996.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Maine
  • Citation: 516 U.S. 365
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Decrees
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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