UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA (2004)

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UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA
Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 2004
Decided: April 19, 2004
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • David Souter

UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 2004. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 2004.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 541 U.S. 193
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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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