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UNITED STATES v. ALASKA (1975)

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UNITED STATES v. ALASKA
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1975
Decided: June 23, 1975
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. ALASKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1975. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1975.

In a 6-2 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 Alaska U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger 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: Alaska
  • Citation: 422 U.S. 184
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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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