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UNITED STATES v. CLARKE et al. (1980)

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UNITED STATES v. CLARKE et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1980
Decided: March 18, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. CLARKE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1980.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 445 U.S. 253
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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